In the autumn of 2009, a group of progressive Cold Spring inhabitants got together and formed the Full Moon Project an attempt to counter the new P.

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Earth's magnetic field gives the planet and its inhabitants a good measure of protection, but with space agencies seemingly intent on sending astronauts to the Moon and even to Mars in the next few decades, there is a pressing need for a fuller understanding of the Sun's activity.

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