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Here are some links containing information about the Sun, the Earth, and other related topics:

• The Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere
• The Fusion Energy Educational Web Site
• The Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) Home Page
• Interesting Facts and Educational Material (IPS - Australia)
• The Nine Planets
• Primer on Space Weather (NOAA)
• The Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA)
• The Solar Data Analysis Center
• SpaceWeather.com
• Virtual Tour of the Sun
• Views of the Solar System

To learn more about the Sun, solar flares, and other related solar activities, check out the following books:

General Interest

• Guide to the Sun, Kenneth J. H. Phillips. Cambridge University Press, 1992.
• Secrets of the Sun, Ronald Giovanelli. Cambridge University Press, 1984.
• Sun, Earth and Sky, Kenneth R. Lang. Springer-Verlag, 1995.
• The 23rd Cycle: Learning to Live with a Stormy Star, Sten Odenwald,
  Columbia University Press, 2001.

Interested in observing the Sun for a project or as a hobby? These books will help.

• Fundamentals Solar Astronomy, Arvind Bhatnagar and William Livingston. World Scientific, 2005.
• Observing the Sun, Peter O. Taylor. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
  
• Solar Astronomy Handbook, R. Beck, H. Hilbrecht, K. Reinsch, and P. Volker.
  Willmann-Bell, Inc. (Richmond, VA), 1995.

Technical

• Astrophysics of the Sun, Harold Zirin. Cambridge University Press, 1988.
• Physics of the Solar Corona, Markus J. Aschwanden. Springer Praxis, 2004.
• The Physics of Solar Flares, Einar Tandberg-Hanssen and A. Gordon Emslie. Cambridge University Press, 1988.
• The Sun as a Star, Roger J. Tayler. Cambridge University Press, 1997.
  
  

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