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Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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AsperityxAsperity : An asperity is an area on a fault that is stuck.
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Research Highlights
A new analysis of the unusually long solar cycle that ended in 2008 suggests that one reason for the long cycle could be a stretching of the sun's conveyor belt, a current of plasma that circulates between...
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