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This frame from an animation shows five versions of observations that NASA Curiosity made about one hour apart while...
This week the sun was hitting its lowest level of solar activity since 2011 (Nov. 14-18, 2016) as it gradually...
A prominence at the edge of the sun provided us with a splendid view of solar plasma as it churned and streamed over...
On July 5, 2017, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory watched AR26665, an active region — an area of intense and...
A solar magnetic active region containing the largest sunspot group of the last 10 years unleashed a large (X1.2)...
The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 5:40 p.m. EDT on Oct. 24, 2014. NASA's Solar Dynamics...
The sun has had no sunspots for almost two weeks (as of Feb. 1, 2018) and just has a single, tiny one that appeared...
August 1972, as NASA scientist Ian Richardson remembers it, was hot. In Surrey, England, where he grew up, the...
Governor Kay Ivey recognized retired NASA Space Flight Center team member, Jeanette Scissum-Mickens on Sept. 27 at...
Two active regions with their intense magnetic fields produced towering arches and spiraling coils of solar loops...
Two active regions with their intense magnetic fields produced towering arches and spiraling coils of solar loops...
The only active region observed this week appeared on Dec. 5, 2018 and grew into an average size display of dynamic...
The Sun erupted with an X8 solar flare, one of the largest of the current solar cycle (Sept. 10, 2017). Its source...
These banana-shaped loops are part of a computer-generated snapshot of our sun's magnetic field. The solar...
Number 3 in the Top 5 Solar Discoveries is the finding of how the auroras form from magnetic reconnection.
Number 4 in the Top 5 Solar Discoveries: The Seasons of the Sun. This talks about the discovery and importance of...
Launched April 6, 1984, one of the goals of the STS-41C mission was to repair the damaged free-flying Solar Maximum...
Jeanette Scissum joined NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in 1964 after earning bachelor's and master's degrees in...
This illustration shows a red dwarf star orbited by a hypothetical exoplanet. Red dwarfs tend to be magnetically...
NASA image release Sept 9, 2010 Just as sunspot 1105 was turning away from Earth on Sept. 8, the active region...
This is a photograph of the free-flying Solar Maximum Mission Satellite (SMMS), or Solar Max, as seen by the...
In December 2004, NASA and the European Space Agency's SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO, celebrated nine...
NASA image release Sept 9, 2010 Just as sunspot 1105 was turning away from Earth on Sept. 8, the active region...
On June 5, 2012, Hinode captured this stunning view of the transit of Venus -- the last instance of this rare...