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Dr. Merav Opher talks about the heliopause, the distant region where the solar wind collides with the interstellar...
One broad active region sported a wonderful example of coiled magnetic field lines over almost a four-day period...
A close-up view of one day in the life of a rather small active region shows the agitation and dynamism of its...
Dr. Merav Opher talks about the heliopause, the distant region where the solar wind collides with the interstellar...
A good-sized active region with bright, towering arches began to rotate into view (Apr. 18-19, 2018). The arches...
The Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and served as...
The planet Mercury is seen in silhouette as it transits across the face of the sun, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019 in Salt...
Installing Pioneer IV, payload for AM-14 (Juno II) onto the fourth stage on the cluster before a spin test, February...
The planet Mercury is seen in silhouette, center, as it transits across the face of the Sun, behind the Washington...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe passed laser illumination testing the week of Nov. 27, 2017. During this test, each...
A solar prominence at the sun's edge put on quite a display of plasma being pushed and pulled by unstable magnetic...
This close-up video clip shows a pair of active regions (the brighter areas) move and change as they rotate with the...
This animation depicts the motion of small near-Earth asteroid 2024 PT5 as it orbits the Sun. Because it has a...
A bright solar prominence rose up from the Sun and twisted around in about a six-hour period (Apr. 21, 2015). While...
Every object, planet or person traveling through space has to contend with the Sun's damaging radiation — and the...
SOHO's orbit around the Lagrangian L1 point and the Sun Credit: NASA/GSFC/SOHO/ESA Sound: Juan Carlos Garcia To...
Researchers communicate with the BARREL ground station during preparations for launch. The white box in the...
The Halley station team members assisted the BARREL team with the launches. Here, one gives the thumbs up to start...
The sun setting NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher on January 31, 2026....
Since its launch nearly 20 years ago, NASA and the European Space Agency's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory has...
Two seamstresses stitch together a sun-shade for Skylab Orbital Workshop (OWS), the first U.S. experimental space...
The sun emitted a trio of mid-level solar flares on April 2-3, 2017. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which...
Around 13 times per century, Mercury passes between Earth and the sun in a rare astronomical event known as a...
A bright solar flare is captured by the EIT 195Å instrument on 1998 May 2. A solar flare (a sudden, rapid, and...