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Far-Side Observation Predicts Solar Storms

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Astrophysicists from Solar Physics Research Corp. in Tucson, Ariz., and NorthWest Research Associates in Boulder, Colo., have developed a technique that may enable scientists to forecast solar storms more than a week in advance. Reporting in the March 10 issue of Science, Charles Lindsey and Douglas Braun described how they used the Michelson Doppler Imager on NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory to detect sunspots on the far side of the sun, 10 days before they rotated into view. The researchers' technique monitors the transmission of sound waves through the sun with computer...Read full article

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