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Jan. 20, 2024, 8:51 PM ET (EarthSky)
Sun news: Double blast from the sun
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Jan. 7, 2024, 3:08 AM ET (The Indian Express)
Aditya-L1, ISRO’s first mission to study Sun, in final orbit; another landmark, says PM Modi
Jan. 6, 2024, 1:16 AM ET (Yahoo News)
India’s spacecraft reaches final orbit between Earth and Sun on mission to unravel ‘solar mysteries’
Sun, star around which Earth and the other components of the solar system revolve. It is the dominant body of the system, constituting more than 99 percent of its entire mass. The Sun is the source of an enormous amount of energy, a portion of which provides Earth with the light and heat necessary to support life. It is part of the "observable universe," the region of space that humans can actually or theoretically observe with the aid of technology. Unlike the observable universe, the universe is possibly infinite. The Sun is classified as a G2 V star, with G2 ...(100 of 10740 words)