The Sun
These documents have been assembled to indicate the depth of
planning and the breadth of collaborative effort over decades that have been
devoted to gaining an understanding of the nature of our parent star and how it affects
the solar system.
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Solar Fusion [PDF, 744 KB]
An introduction to how the Sun generates energy. - Spacecraft Shed New Light on the Sun
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Case of the Missing Particles
An examination of the effort to detect solar neutrinos. (PBS Online) - Solar Cycle Forecast Breakthrough
Announcement of a predictive model of the processes that cause the eleven-year solar cycle. (UCAR) -
Living with a Star [PDF, 144 KB]
An overview of Solar and Heliospheric Research by spacecraft missions. Includes links to Solar Mission Home pages.
Documents on the Web
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Periodic Table of Elements
An interactive periodic table of the elements. (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Chemistry Division) -
SOHO The Sun as Art
A gallery of beautiful solar images and displays of solar data (SOHO Site) -
Ulysses 15 Years
A movie overview of the accomplishments of the Ulysses Mission in its tours over the poles of the Sun. (Ulysses Site) -
Heliophysics Roadmap May 2006
The Sun-Solar System Connections Great Observatory (SSSC) thirty-year plan for answering the questions:- How and why does the Sun vary?
- How do planetary systems respond?
- What are the impacts on humanity?
Site Links
- SOHO, Solar & Heliospheric Observatory ESA
SOHO, Solar & Heliospheric Observatory NASA
Home sites of the veteran solar observatory that has revolutionised our understanding of solar processes. - Ulysses ESA
Ulysses NASA
The Ulysses spacecraft has operated for 15 years and traveled an amazing 7 billion km te explore the Heliosphere, the region of space carved out by the Sun's influence, in unprecedented detail. -
ILWS, International Living With a Star Program
We live in the extended atmosphere of an active star. The Sun both enables and sustains life and produces streams of high-energy particles and radiation that can adversely affect life. ILWS conducts a comprehensive program of Solar Weather montoring and research. -
STP, Solar Terrestrial Probes Program
The Solar Terrestrial Probes Program aims to gather data of our changing Sun and its effects on the Solar System and Earth in particular. -
The Sun-Solar System Connections Great Observatory, SSSC
Michael Gallagher
May 2006