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COPYRIGHT 2006 Society for the Advancement of Education
The hidden face of the sun is fully visible for the first time, thanks to a technique developed at Stanford (Calif.) University. Only half of the sun--the near side--directly is observable. The far side always faces away from Earth and therefore is out of view.
New technology, however, allows anyone with a computer to download images of the entire solar surface--an important advance with practical applications, say researchers, because potentially damaging solar storms that form on the far side now can be detected several days, or even weeks, before they...
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