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Video describes the Solar Sail Demonstration test at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville Alabama, which...
The Sun erupted with an X8 solar flare, one of the largest of the current solar cycle (Sept. 10, 2017). Its source...
NASA Glenn's new LED solar simulator was developed by Angstrom Designs and UC Santa Barbara under a Small Business...
On April 8, 2024, NASA conducted a live broadcast of the total solar eclipse across North America. This video is a...
NASA Glenn's new LED solar simulator was developed by Angstrom Designs and UC Santa Barbara under a Small Business...
In this view are solar panels that are part of Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) new Discovery Solar Energy Center – a...
With the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building serving as the backdrop, a portion of the solar panels that make up...
Seen here is an up-close view of solar panels that are part of Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) new Discovery Solar...
Seen here is an up-close view of solar panels that are part of Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) new Discovery Solar...
Seen here, with the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building in the background, is an up-close view of solar panels that are...
Seen here is an up-close view of solar panels that are part of Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) new Discovery Solar...
Parker Solar Probe is NASA's mission to the Sun. The spacecraft will launch summer 2018.
A large sunspot was the source of a powerful solar flare (an X 9.3) and a coronal mass ejection (Sept. 6, 2017). The...
The Sun goes through regular cycles of activity approximately every 11 years, and tracking these cycles is a key...
ATK Solar Array Deployment Test at NASA Plum Brook Station Space Power Facility.
Solar material twists above the sun’s surface in this close-up captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory on June...
The sun emitted a trio of mid-level solar flares on April 2-3, 2017. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which...
Should we be concerned about solar storms in 2012? Heliophysicist Alex Young from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center...
The magnetic field lines of three active regions in close proximity to one another interacted with each other over...
On Sept. 10, 2025, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of the Sun. SDO is managed by NASA's...
A Solar System Family Portrait, from the Inside Out.
Two solar prominences, directly at opposite sides of the Sun, rose up, twisted around, and fell apart at roughly the...
The Solar Dynamics Observatory SDO spacecraft, shown above the Earth as it faces toward the Sun. SDO is designed to...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe passed laser illumination testing the week of Nov. 27, 2017. During this test, each...