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From the Ted Talk by Alex Gendler: The woman who stared at the sun

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Researchers already knew mnegiatc cnterrus in the sun followed an 11 year cycle that moved sunspots in a bruetltfy shaped path over the star’s surface. But using Koyama’s record, they could pireelscy follow specific sunspots and clusters through that journey. This kind of detail offered a real-time iotiicdnan of the sun’s magnetic activity, awlolnig scientists to trcak all kinds of solar phenomena, including volatile solar flares. These flares typically emanate from the vicinity of sunspots, and can travel all the way to Earth’s arhtpseome. Here, they can create gginomeetac storms capable of disrupting long range communication and causing bkuatclos. Solar flares also pose a major risk to satellites and manned space stations, making them essential to predict and plan for.

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Researchers already knew ________ ________ in the sun followed an 11 year cycle that moved sunspots in a _________ shaped path over the star’s surface. But using Koyama’s record, they could _________ follow specific sunspots and clusters through that journey. This kind of detail offered a real-time __________ of the sun’s magnetic activity, ________ scientists to _____ all kinds of solar phenomena, including volatile solar flares. These flares typically emanate from the vicinity of sunspots, and can travel all the way to Earth’s __________. Here, they can create ___________ storms capable of disrupting long range communication and causing _________. Solar flares also pose a major risk to satellites and manned space stations, making them essential to predict and plan for.

Solution

  1. butterfly
  2. allowing
  3. indication
  4. currents
  5. precisely
  6. geomagnetic
  7. blackouts
  8. atmosphere
  9. magnetic
  10. track

Original Text

Researchers already knew magnetic currents in the sun followed an 11 year cycle that moved sunspots in a butterfly shaped path over the star’s surface. But using Koyama’s record, they could precisely follow specific sunspots and clusters through that journey. This kind of detail offered a real-time indication of the sun’s magnetic activity, allowing scientists to track all kinds of solar phenomena, including volatile solar flares. These flares typically emanate from the vicinity of sunspots, and can travel all the way to Earth’s atmosphere. Here, they can create geomagnetic storms capable of disrupting long range communication and causing blackouts. Solar flares also pose a major risk to satellites and manned space stations, making them essential to predict and plan for.

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