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The sun emitted three mid-level solar flares on July 22-23, 2016, the strongest peaking at 1:16 am EDT on July 23....
The sun is always changing and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory is always watching. Launched on Feb. 11, 2010, SDO...
April 21, 2011 marks the one-year anniversary of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) First Light press conference,...
A pair of relatively small (but frenetic) active regions rotated into view, spouting off numerous small flares and...
In late June 2013, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base,...
The sun is always changing and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory is always watching. Launched on Feb. 11, 2010, SDO...
Preparing for a more powerful space station, building a more fuel-efficient aircraft, and a way to possibly predict...
Telescopes help distant objects appear bigger, but this is only one of their advantages. Telescopes can also collect...
An active region rotated into view and sputtered with numerous small flares and towering magnetic field lines that...
This graphic shows the flux of radiation detected by NASA Mars Science Laboratory on the trip from Earth to Mars;...
A rare, infrared view of a developing star and its flaring jets taken by NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows us what...
The sun emitted three mid-level solar flares on July 22-23, 2016, the strongest peaking at 1:16 am EDT on July 23....
Caption: NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured this image of an M5.7 class flare on May 3, 2013 at 1:30...
Caption: NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured this image of an M5.7 class flare on May 3, 2013 at 1:30...
Photograph by Skylab 2 Solar eruption (flare)
Two NASA spacecraft have provided the most comprehensive movie ever of a mysterious process at the heart of all...
A flare medium-sized (M2) flare and a coronal mass ejection erupted from the same, large active region (July 14,...
Caption: A burst of solar material leaps off the left side of the sun in what’s known as a prominence eruption. This...
Caption: A burst of solar material leaps off the left side of the sun in what’s known as a prominence eruption. This...
S74-21921 (For release 1974) --- Sun photographed by Apollo Telescope Mount through spectroheliometer at a...
The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 5:40 p.m. EDT on Oct. 24, 2014. The flare erupted from a...
The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 8:27 p.m. EDT on April 24, 2014. Images of the flare were...
Active region AR 12192 on the sun erupted with a strong flare on Oct. 24, 2014, as seen in the bright light of this...
On Aug. 24, 2014, the sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 8:16 a.m. EDT. NASA's Solar Dynamics...