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August 24, 2012 12:39 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/YtUtlDJxBPY/the-sun-is-round-very-very.html
The sun is round. Very, very, very round.
The sun is the roundest natural object known to humans, according to new research. University of Hawaii researcher Jeffrey Kuhn and his colleagues used NASA's space-based Solar Dynamics Observatory to precisely measure the sun's shape. A precise understanding of the sun's roundness and the factors that shift its shape, such as sub-surface turbulence, could shed [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/YtUtlDJxBPY/the-sun-is-round-very-very.html
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