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Flashes of Energy Emerge from Hot Spot On the Sun
November 12, 2010 — One of the most intense bursts of energy from the sun in years sent a blast of X-rays from a hot spot on the solar surface that may produce even more solar storms this month.
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November 12, 2010 — A study of three whale species in the Gulf of California has found that a growing number of the marine mammals are developing skin damage comparable to sunburn in humans.
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September 24, 2010 — The global agreement to phase out chlorofluorocarbons and other ozone-depleting compounds appears to have finally stopped damaging Earth’s protective layer of stratospheric ozone.
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August 6. 2010 — Nearly the entire Earth-facing side of the sun became involved in a complex and violent string of events on Aug. 1, sending bursts of charged particles rushing toward Earth.
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June 25, 2010
Solar flares and prominences erupting on the sun produce cosmic melodies.
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May 14, 2010
May aurora show how active sun excites the upper atmosphere: Earth image
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Flashes of Energy Emerge from Hot Spot On the Sun - November 12, 2010
Increase In Whale Sunburns May Be From Ozone Hole - November 12, 2010
Ozone Layer Damage Has Halted - September 24, 2010
Solar 'Tsunami' Rushes Toward Earth - August 6, 2010
Solar Songs Resonate From the Sun's Atmosphere - June 25, 2010

May Aurora: Active Sun Excites Earth's Upper Atmosphere - May 14, 2010
Solar Storm Creates Dazzling Polar Aurora - April 9, 2010
Chile Issues Ozone Hole Alert for Punta Arenas - November 20, 2009
Ozone Hole Appears On the Mend - September 25, 2009
Asian Solar Eclipse: Shadow Seen From Space - July 31, 2009

Sunspot Pause Ends As Dark Cluster Appears on Sun - July 10, 2009
Spotless Sun Mystery Solved - June 26, 2009
A Calmer Sun Predicted for Several Years - May 15, 2009
Old and New Sunspot Cycles Overlap - May 8, 2009
Solar Activity Stuck In a Rut: Earth Cools - April 10, 2009

Solar Activity May Affect Bizarre Dreaming - April 3, 2009
New Sunspot Cycle Finnally Begins - November 14, 2008
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