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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of a mid-level solar flare on Jan. 12, 2015. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Solar Dynamics Observatory hide caption toggle caption NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Solar Dynamics Observatory Beautiful yet dangerous solar flares that erupt from the sun could be as hot as 180 million degrees Fahrenheit, researchers say. That’s more …

Solar flares are the Sun at full volume – sudden bursts of magnetic energy that can supercharge Earth’s upper atmosphere, disrupt radio signals, and threaten satellites and astronauts.  For decades, physicists have known that flare plasma gets incredibly hot, but exactly how different particles heat up – and why certain spectral fingerprints look “too wide” to explain – has remained …

Scientists Heat Gold Hotter Than the Sun and It Doesn’t Melt  SciTechDaily LCLS lets researchers explore superheating and limits of solid-state matter  Laser Focus World How hot can you make a solid before it melts?  Physics World It’s official—Gold can withstand more than 18,700 degrees Celsius without melting, and this finding could change everything from astrophysics to nuclear energy  Unión Rayo Gold refuses to …

The world is getting hotter – this is what it is doing to our brains  BBC Tips for handling extreme heat with dementia  Vida Newspaper Extreme heat elevates Alzheimer’s mortality risk; what Southern Utahns need to know  St. George News Source link

The two million acres of corn fields dotting the state aren’t just making food. They’re creating heat. And with sweltering temperatures just around the corner, things are about to get extra hot. Corn “sweats” to cool off, releasing water vapor into the air. This increases the humidity and makes temperatures feel much warmer, said Michigan State University professor Bruno Basso. …

A new analysis of decades’ worth of observations has revealed that Uranus does indeed emit more heat than it receives from the rays of the Sun. This conclusion, arrived at by two independent teams of scientists, finally resolves a puzzle that first emerged when Voyager 2 cruised past the stinky planet all the way back in 1986. Those observations suggested …

Uranus is windy, too (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto) It’s getting hot and, er, gassy on Uranus. A deep, long probe of the bluish gas giant has revealed that it leaks far more heat than it receives from the Sun. The seventh planet in the solar system has an average temperature of just -195°C, unsurprising given it’s 1.8billion miles from the Sun. …