When my dog, Robin, stretches out in the sun, she is the picture of bliss. And in our human community, sometimes the most modest also imbibe those rays without a lot of fanfare. Rays of recognition.

But caution must be taken when viewing the bright Sun: Safety is essential ... sunlight is allowed through the telescope and is projected out of the eyepiece onto the ground or a white sheet ...

A coronagraph is a scientific instrument designed to block out the direct light of the sun, so that astronomers ... "There is a bright object on the right edge of the frame coming into view ...

You can Zen out to a full hour of the 133-day sun ... warmth and splitting our days and nights. But the sun is more than just a bright light in the sky and a new NASA video reveals its ever ...

MONDAY: Stellar weather kicks off the new week easily with bright sunshine and ... Prior to it, a mix of clouds and sun and ...

“The sun really triggers the flowering mechanism. It gave us a bonus two months [of wildflower season].” Sunflowers bloom out of the desert floor on a couple of months earlier than normally because of ...

People who sneeze in bright lights, like the sun, may have autosomal dominant compelling ... sneezing is to wear sunglasses when you go out. Antihistamines that typically affect allergies do ...

It’s not hard to spot: go out when the sky ... 45 degrees away from the sun. As our star dips below the horizon, darkening the sky, Venus becomes an unmissably bright planetary beacon.

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