[MIham] The Sound of Alien Lightning

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Space Weather News for Feb. 15, 2006
http://spaceweather.com

ALIEN LIGHTNING:  NASA's Cassini spacecraft is tracking an intense lightning
storm on Saturn.  The powerful bolts are causing the spacecraft's radio
instruments to "crackle"--much like the crackles you might hear coming from
your car's AM radio when you drive by a thunderstorm on Earth.  Visit
http://spaceweather.com to listen to the sounds of Saturn's lightning.

400-YEAR OLD SUNSPOTS:  Today is the 442nd birthday of Galileo Galilei, a
figure of importance in the history of space weather.  Contrary to popular
belief, Galileo didn't discover sunspots, but he was one of the first to
observe them using a telescope and he discovered many of their basic
properties. Visit http://spaceweather.com to learn more about Galileo's
pioneering work and to see actual drawings of sunspots he made more than
four centuries ago.

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