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Look Up: A Ghostly Aurora May Be Visible in Northern US on Wednesday Night
http://www.sciencealert.com/look-up-a-gh...sday-night

EXCERPT: Here's what you need to know. Thanks to an outburst from the sun on Labor Day, northern US states may be in for a light show late Wednesday night into early Thursday morning....



The Sun's Energy Doesn't Come From Fusing Hydrogen Into Helium (Mostly)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswitha...7e84c570f9

EXCERPT: The Sun is the sources of the overwhelming majority of light, heat, and energy on Earth's surface, and is powered by nuclear fusion. But less than half of that, surprisingly, is the fusion of hydrogen into helium....

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