Lightning Strike In Africa Helps Take Pulse Of Sun
Friday, November 13, 2009 - 22:28
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists have developed a more definitive and reliable tool for measuring the sun's rotation when sunspots aren't visible ---- and even when they are -- based on observations of common lightning strikes on Earth.
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