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Argon is an inert (non-reactive) gas composing a little less than 1% of our atmosphere. Even so, it is the third most abundant gas in our air.
We study the Sun using ground-based telescopes but also from satellites and spacecraft that are able to get closer to the Sun than ever before.
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Earth’s climate is warming due to human activities that increase the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere - not because of the Sun. The Sun does influence Earth’s climate over longe scales of time, but not enough to account for the rapid warming of recent decades.
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Join us at the NSF NCAR Mesa Lab for a free Solar Eclipse viewing event with activities for the whole family.
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon is perfectly aligned between the Sun and the Earth. There are three different types of solar eclipses - total, annular, and hybrid.
Artist April Waters describes her expedition to Antarctica and how she created paintings that depict water and ice.
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Water-Ice-Sky, Antarctica, an exhibition by Oregon-based artist April Waters, is on display at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, from October 9, 2023, to April 15, 2024.