The polar clouds of Jupiter. Top photo: Juno in 2016, bottom: Pioneer 11 in 1973

10:30 AM | *New study suggests the Sun is even more important than we thought on Earth's climate due to its impact on cosmic rays* — Vencore Weather
http://www.vencoreweather.com/...ays-sun-may-be-even-more-important-than-we-though-on-earths-climate

The Disconnection Event by Michael Jäeger – Astronomy Now
http://astronomynow.com/2016/08/31/the-disconnection-event-by-michael-jaeger/

Ceres' Geological Activity, Ice Revealed in New Research
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/...ws/2016/09/01/ceres-geological-activity-ice-revealed-in-new-research
A lonely 3-mile-high (5-kilometer-high) mountain on Ceres is likely volcanic in origin, and the dwarf planet may have a weak, temporary atmosphere.
These are just two of many new insights about Ceres from NASA's Dawn mission published this week in six papers in the journal Science.

Images From Sun’s Edge Reveal Origins of Solar Wind
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/images-from-sun-s-edge-reveal-origins-of-solar-wind
Ever since the 1950s discovery of the solar wind – the constant flow of charged particles from the sun – there’s been a stark disconnect between this outpouring
and the sun itself. As it approaches Earth, the solar wind is gusty and turbulent. But near the sun where it originates, this wind is structured in distinct rays,
much like a child’s simple drawing of the sun. The details of the transition from defined rays in the corona, the sun’s upper atmosphere, to the solar wind have
been, until now, a mystery.