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Manhattanhenge Season Underway With Full‑Sun Alignment Friday

Earth’s axial tilt makes the sunset shift along the horizon so Manhattan’s rotated street grid frames the sun for a roughly 44‑day viewing season.

Study Finds Solar Flares Superheat Ions 6.5 Times More Than Electrons

Solar Orbiter Study Separates Fast Solar Electrons Into Flare and CME Origins

NASA Releases Closest-Ever Images of the Sun From Parker Solar Probe

Inouye Solar Telescope Maps 20-Kilometer-Wide Magnetic Striations on Sun’s Surface