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| | | | July 14, 2022: You know a solar flare is strong when even the Voyager spacecraft feel it. Twenty-two years ago today (July 14, 2000) the sun exploded with so much force, it sent shockwaves to the edge of the solar system. Earth was on the doorstep of the blast, nicknamed the "Bastille Day Event" because... | |
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| | | | NASA has proven powered, controlled flight is possible on other worlds, just as the Wright brothers proved it was possible on Earth. | |
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| | | | The mission team wanted to fix the thrusters, deemed unusable decades ago, before the radio antenna that sends commands to the probe went offline for upgrades. | |
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| | While Earth is only the fifth largest planet in the solar system, it is the only world in our solar system with liquid water on the surface. Just slightly larger than nearby Venus, Earth is the biggest of the four planets closest to the Sun, all of which are made of rock and metal. Earth [] |