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The Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and served as the...
You don't necessarily need fancy equipment to watch one of the sky's most awesome shows: a solar eclipse. With just...
This still image from an animation from NASA GSFC Solar Dynamics Observatory shows magnetically charged particles...
At any given moment, as many as 10 million wild jets of solar material burst from the sun’s surface. They erupt as...
iss071e364425 (July 16, 2024) --- Noctilucent clouds, high-altutude clouds visible during the summer months and...
Using the Solar Vector Magnetograph, a solar observation facility at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC),...
Using the Solar Vector Magnetograph, a solar observation facility at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC),...
A stream of plasma burst out from the sun, but since it lacked enough force to break away, most of it fell back into...
A countdown of the top 5 solar discoveries from the Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum. These include the...
This single frame from a sequence of six images of an animation shows sunspots as viewed by NASA Curiosity Mars...
S73-26127 (1973) --- An artist's concept of the Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit illustrating the...
The sun is always changing and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory is always watching. Launched on Feb. 11, 2010, SDO...
The planet Mercury is seen in silhouette, lower left of image, as it transits across the face of the sun, Monday,...
The planet Mercury is seen in silhouette, lower center of image, as it transits across the face of the sun, Monday,...
The planet Mercury is seen in silhouette, lower third of image, as it transits across the face of the sun Monday,...
The planet Mercury is seen in silhouette, lower left, as it transits across the face of the sun Monday, May 9, 2016,...
The planet Mercury is seen in silhouette, lower left of image, as it transits across the face of the sun, Monday,...
A long-lasting coronal hole has again rotated around to face the Earth (Nov. 28-30, 2018). This persistent hole -...
On Mar. 6, 2019, SDO observed a long lunar transit - with a twist. The shadow of the Moon in SDO's images first...
A substantial coronal hole began to rotate into view over the past few days (Dec. 1-2, 2016). Coronal holes are...
For much of this week the sun featured three substantial coronal holes (Apr. 3-6, 2018). Coronal holes appear as...
A new active region appeared on June 19th, quickly growing in size over two days (June 20-22, 2018). Active regions...
Large, eruptive prominence in He II at 304Å, with an image of the Earth added for size comparison. This prominence...
Solar material repeatedly bursts from the sun in this close-up captured on July 9-10, 2016, by NASA’s Solar Dynamics...