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The only active region observed this week appeared on Dec. 5, 2018 and grew into an average size display of dynamic...
Amirani-Maui: Longest Known Active Lava Flow in the Solar System
Solar activity and erupting prominences. EIT 304A (Jan. 8-10, 2000) Credit: NASA/GSFC/SOHO/ESA To learn more go to...
An active region on the sun — an area of intense and complex magnetic fields — has rotated into view on the sun and...
In the same way that two eyes give humans a three-dimensional perception of the world around us, the twin spacecraft...
STS061-95-075 (6 Dec 1993) --- Astronauts Kathryn C. Thornton and Thomas D. Akers work to remove one of the solar...
SL3-117-2109 (6 Aug. 1973) --- Scientist-astronaut Owen K. Garriott, Skylab 3 science pilot, participates in the...
Scientist-Astronaut Owen K. Garriott, Skylab 3 science pilot, participates in the August 6, 1973 extravehicular...
SL3-118-2182 (6 Aug. 1973) --- Skylab 3 astronaut participates in the Aug. 6, 1973 extravehicular activity (EVA)...
This week the sun was hitting its lowest level of solar activity since 2011 (Nov. 14-18, 2016) as it gradually...
STS061-86-048 (5 Dec 1993) --- Astronauts F. Story Musgrave (foreground) and Jeffrey A. Hoffman are pictured near...
SL3-115-1833 (6 Aug. 1973) --- Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Skylab 3 pilot, participates in the Aug. 6, 1973,...
NASA Galileo spacecraft observed Io on nearly every orbit as part of a program monitoring the level of volcanic...
AS11-40-5964 (20 July 1969) --- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, is photographed during the Apollo...
This close-up video clip shows a pair of active regions (the brighter areas) move and change as they rotate with the...
With no active regions currently on the face of the sun, a bristling active region has begun to rotate into view...
The plumes of Enceladus continue to gush icy particles into Saturn orbit, making this little moon one of a select...
On April 17, 2016, an active region on the sun’s right side released a mid-level solar flare, captured here by...
On April 17, 2016, an active region on the sun’s right side released a mid-level solar flare, captured here by...
STS082-719-002 (14 Feb. 1997) --- Astronaut Joseph R. Tanner (right) stands on the end of Discovery's Remote...
An active region just rotating into view gave us a perfect view of the tussle of magnetic field lines above it (Oct....
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) zoomed in to watch close-up the dynamics of this single active region on the...
The sun emitted three mid-level solar flares on July 22-23, 2016, the strongest peaking at 1:16 am EDT on July 23....
The Sun's rotation brought a new active region into view, revealing the dynamic arches and twisting streams of its...