Some people may wonder why we in the Northern Hemisphere have our spring and summer when our planet is far away from the sun. (Equally confusing: our fall and winter come when we are near to the sun.) Shouldn't proximity to that nice warm ball of sunshine predict our seasons?

NPR: Not All Seasons Are Created Equal

The social network, freshly moved in to the former Sun Microsystems campus near the Dumbarton Bridge on the edge of San Francisco Bay, has begun making plans to add a second campus on the inland side of Bayfront Expressway.

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Viewed from earth, the disputed source is now too near the sun for big telescopes to observe.

ECONOMIST: Astronomy

One of the four, dubbed KOI 172.02, is a mere 1.5 times the size of the Earth and around a star like our own Sun - perhaps as near as the current data allow to finding an "Earth 2.0".

BBC: Kepler telescope: Earth-sized planets 'number 17bn'

It will put NEAR directly between the sun and Eros, affording a unique opportunity to map the asteroid's minerals under optimal lighting.

CNN: NEAR and Eros

Dall sheep sun themselves on cliffs above the highway and beluga whales are known to chase herring near the shore of Turnagain Arm.

BBC: Accessible wilderness in Alaska��s largest city