Space Weather News for June 21, 2013 http://spaceweather com

SPACE STATION TRANSIT: China's Tiangong-1 space station, now crewed by three taikonauts, passed in front of the sun over the south of France this week Astrophotographer Thierry Legault captured must-see images of the transit, featured on today's edition of http://spaceweather com

SOLSTICE SOLAR FLARE: The first day of summer in the northern hemisphere began with a long-duration M2-class solar flare The source was active sunspot AR1777 The blast was not Earth-directed, but future flares from AR1777 could be as the active region turns toward our planet this weekend Check http://spaceweather com for images and updates

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