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A smallish solar filament looks like it collapsed into the sun and set off a minor eruption that hurled plasma into...
Scientists have theorized on the origin of water plumes that are possibly erupting from Jupiter's moon Europa. This...
Eclipses set the stage for historic science. NASA is taking advantage of the Aug. 21, 2017 eclipse by funding 11...
Along with the visible light and warmth constantly emitted by our sun comes a whole spectrum of X-ray and...
April 21, 2011 marks the one-year anniversary of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) First Light press conference,...
S73-33788 (10 June 1973) --- The solar eruption of June 10, 1973, is seen in this spectroheliogram obtained during...
Over a six-hour period on April 21, 2015, NASA's Solar Dyanmics Observatory (SDO) observed a wing-like prominence...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe passed laser illumination testing the week of Nov. 27, 2017. During this test, each...
Some of the prominences that float like lazy clouds above the solar surface suddenly erupt and break away from the...
Although Mars is known for having the largest volcano in our solar system, Olympus Mons, we also find small-scale...
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...
The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 5:40 p.m. EDT on Oct. 24, 2014. NASA's Solar Dynamics...
In the same way that two eyes give humans a three-dimensional perception of the world around us, the twin spacecraft...
February 11, 2015 marks five years in space for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which provides incredibly...
NASA Image acquired March 24, 2010 To learn more and to download a high res version of this image go here:...
Shown here at Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory in Logan, Utah, in November, 2023, the six...
The sun erupted with one of the largest solar flares of this solar cycle on March 6, 2012 at 7PM ET. ?This flare was...
In addition to the constant emission of warmth and light, our sun sends out occasional bursts of solar radiation...
Our sun's adolescence was stormy—and new evidence shows that these tempests may have been just the key to seeding...
NASA image release August 6, 2010 On August 1, 2010, almost the entire Earth-facing side of the sun erupted in a...
This close-up from a video clip taken May 30-June 1, 2018 shows a large active region in extreme ultraviolet light...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- The probe carrier assembly on the THEMIS spacecraft is prepared for a vibration...
The lone active region visible on the sun put on a fine display with its tangled magnetic field lines swaying and...