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A good-sized active region with bright, towering arches began to rotate into view (Apr. 18-19, 2018). The arches...
On Jan. 20, 2017, NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a small area of the sun highlighted three active region....
As seen by NASA Cassini spacecraft, the surface of Dione is covered in craters, reminding us of the impacts that...
This image shows Loki, the most powerful volcano in the solar system, which has been constantly active on Jupiter...
The magnetic field lines of three active regions in close proximity to one another interacted with each other over...
This Aug. 29, 2013, outburst on Io was among the largest ever observed on the most volcanically active body in the...
As a pair of active regions began to rotate into view, their towering magnetic field lines above them bloomed into a...
As an active region rotated into view, NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory was able to observe well-defined magnetic...
The sun's only visible active region sputtered and spurted and eventually unleashed a small (C-class) flare (Feb. 7,...
On July 24, 2016, NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, captured a mid-level solar flare: a sudden...
Early in the morning of Sept. 1, 2016, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, caught both the Earth and moon...
Our sun is ever-changing, and the Solar Dynamics Observatory has a front-row seat. On Feb. 11, 2010, NASA launched...
Over the course of just one day a tiny active region grew to became almost as large as its many-days-old neighbor...
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory came across an oddity this week that the spacecraft has rarely observed before: a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-115 Mission Specialist Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper talks to workers in the Space...
Giant, bright coronal loops trace out the magnetic field lines above an active region from June 4-6, 2018. The...
In this video NASA solar physicist Holly Gilbert narrates a visualization of the slow changes in the sun's magnetic...
Eclipses set the stage for historic science. NASA is taking advantage of the Aug. 21, 2017 eclipse by funding 11...
This close-up from a video clip taken May 30-June 1, 2018 shows a large active region in extreme ultraviolet light...
This still image from an animation from NASA GSFC Solar Dynamics Observatory shows magnetically charged particles...
On July 5, 2017, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory watched AR26665, an active region — an area of intense and...
This still image from an animation from NASA GSFC Solar Dynamics Observatory shows arches of magnetic field lines...
Solar Vector Magnetograph is used to predict solar flares, and other activities associated with sun spots. This...
Telescopes help distant objects appear bigger, but this is only one of their advantages. Telescopes can also collect...