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water in desert

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Water could be extracted from desert air using heat from sunlight

A device that uses heat from sunlight to extract water from the air could help provide a sustainable source of water in remote, arid regions

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Science with Sam - Sunlight

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The health benefits of sunlight: Can vitamin D help beat covid-19?

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Science with Sam - sunlight

Health

The health benefits of sunlight: Can vitamin D help beat coronavirus?

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Map of the corona

Space

Maps of the sun’s corona could help us predict dangerous solar storms

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solar flare

Space

We can now predict dangerous solar flares a day before they happen

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Sun's surface

Space

Closest images ever taken of the sun show 'campfires' near its surface

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Elements from the universe’s earliest stars gave birth to our sun

Space

Elements from the universe’s earliest stars gave birth to our sun

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Space

The sun is too quiet, which may mean dangerous solar storms in future

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Weird magnetic threads in sun's corona seen for the first time

Space

Weird magnetic threads in sun's corona seen for the first time

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The best picture ever taken of the sun reveals its bizarre surface

Space

The best picture ever taken of the sun reveals its bizarre surface

The best picture of the sun is more than five times more detailed than the previous highest-resolution images, revealing weird structures on our star’s surface

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Space

Solar Orbiter will give us our best views of the sun’s top and bottom

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Chasing the sun: How light and dark shape our bodies and minds

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Space

NASA's closest ever flight to the sun answers solar wind mystery

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Technology

How to watch Mercury's transit of the sun with just binoculars

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