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Magnetic arcs of solar material spewing from our favorite sphere of hot plasma, the sun. Magnetic arcs of solar...
S74-18098 (1974) --- Graphical representation of an ultraviolet photograph depicting a solar flare, using the Skylab...
February 11, 2015 marks five years in space for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which provides incredibly...
Over a six-hour period on April 21, 2015, NASA's Solar Dyanmics Observatory (SDO) observed a wing-like prominence...
The sun emitted a significant solar flare on Oct. 22, 2012, peaking at 11:17 p.m. EDT. The flare came from an active...
On Sept. 13, 2015, as NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, kept up its constant watch on the sun, its view was...
The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 7:42 a.m. EDT on June 10, 2014. NASA's Solar Dynamics...
On June 27, 2013, NASA launched IRIS, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph. IRIS gives us our first detailed...
Solar scientists Natchimuthuk Gopalswamy, Nelson Reginal, Eric Christian, and Sarah Jaeggli discuss the 2016 eclipse...
On Jan 30, 2014, beginning at 8:31 a.m EST, the moon moved between NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, and...
The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 5:40 p.m. EDT on Oct. 24, 2014. NASA's Solar Dynamics...
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...
An active region on the sun — an area of intense and complex magnetic fields — has rotated into view on the sun and...
A pigment (phthalocyanine) is studied at the Marshall Materials and Processes Lab. The pigment has the ability to...
This close-up from a video clip taken May 30-June 1, 2018 shows a large active region in extreme ultraviolet light...
The lone active region visible on the sun put on a fine display with its tangled magnetic field lines swaying and...
These images show the sudden appearance of a bright aurora on Mars during a solar storm in September 2017. The...
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) scientists use their computer models to generate a view of the sun's...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. The International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker-3 (IEH-3), one of the payloads for the...
On Feb. 11, 2010, NASA launched an unprecedented solar observatory into space. The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)...
The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) celebrates its 5th anniversary since it launched on February 11, 2010. This...
Around 13 times per century, Mercury passes between Earth and the sun in a rare astronomical event known as a...
The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 7:24 p.m. EST on Dec. 19, 2014. NASA’s Solar Dynamics...