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On July 5, 2017, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory watched AR26665, an active region — an area of intense and...
A large sunspot was the source of a powerful solar flare (an X 9.3) and a coronal mass ejection (Sept. 6, 2017). The...
A team of scientists —led by Laura Hayes, a solar physicist who splits her time between NASA Goddard and Trinity...
Humans have always wanted to learn about the Sun, but our understanding of our favorite star has changed through the...
A substantial coronal mass ejection, or CME, blew out from side of the Sun, giving us a great view of the event in...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A United Launch Alliance Atlas V with NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory launches from its...
Romeo Durscher from Stanford, CA, who goes by @RomeoCH on Twitter, tweets with his Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A United Launch Alliance Atlas V with NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory launches from its...
On July 24, 2016, NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, captured a mid-level solar flare: a sudden...
An active region on the sun — an area of intense and complex magnetic fields — has rotated into view on the sun and...
Caption: This is an image of magnetic loops on the sun, captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). It has...
Caption: This is an image of magnetic loops on the sun, captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). It has...
On April 2, 2014, the sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 10:05 a.m. EDT, and NASA's Solar Dynamics...
The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 7:24 p.m. EST on Dec. 19, 2014. NASA’s Solar Dynamics...
This movie from NASA’s SDO shows a solar flare — the bright light on the left side of the sun — on July 8, 2014. An...
On Jan. 28, 2014, NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, witnessed its strongest solar flare since...
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory caught this image of an eruption on the side of the sun over June 18, 2015. The...
Around 13 times per century, Mercury passes between Earth and the sun in a rare astronomical event known as a...
Around 13 times per century, Mercury passes between Earth and the sun in a rare astronomical event known as a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Payload Processing Facility in Titusville, Fla., technicians check the Solar...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Payload Processing Facility in Titusville, Fla., the Solar Dynamics...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Engineers at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., work to lower the high-gain...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Payload Processing Facility in Titusville, Fla., technicians check the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Payload Processing Facility in Titusville, Fla., the Solar Dynamics...