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Several small sunspots appeared this week, giving NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory a chance to illustrate their...
Two solar prominences, directly at opposite sides of the Sun, rose up, twisted around, and fell apart at roughly the...
The only active region observed this week appeared on Dec. 5, 2018 and grew into an average size display of dynamic...
The Sun already featured one good-sized coronal hole, when another larger coronal hole began to emerge and intensify...
On Mar. 6, 2019, SDO observed a long lunar transit - with a twist. The shadow of the Moon in SDO's images first...
A prominence at the edge of the sun provided us with a splendid view of solar plasma as it churned and streamed over...
A minor solar eruption triggered a crackling, white flash that sent an expanding wave of plasma below it over about...
A solar prominence gathered itself into a twisting cone, then rose up and broke apart in a delicate dance of plasma...
Solar material twists above the sun’s surface in this close-up captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory on June...
A small eruption blew a bright, disjointed stream of plasma into space (Oct. 18, 2017). The source of the blast was...
On Feb. 11, 2010, NASA launched an unprecedented solar observatory into space. The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)...
The sun emitted a trio of mid-level solar flares on April 2-3, 2017. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which...
An active region on the sun — an area of intense and complex magnetic fields — has rotated into view on the sun and...
A prominence at the edge of the sun provided us with a splendid view of solar plasma as it churned and streamed over...
On Oct. 24-25, 2018 a solar prominence rose up above the Sun's surface, twisted and spun around, then became...
An extensive equatorial coronal hole has rotated so that it is now facing Earth (May 2-4, 2018). The dark coronal...
The SDO spacecraft is in another eclipse season as of Feb. 6, 2019. This begins a several week period when the Earth...
On Nov. 7, 2018 for just under an hour, SDO viewed a lunar transit, when the Moon partially blocked SDO's view of...
An active region just rotating into view gave us a perfect view of the tussle of magnetic field lines above it (Oct....
The sun sported four smallish prominences along its edge at about the same time (Dec. 12-14, 2018). They were at the...
A good-sized active region with bright, towering arches began to rotate into view (Apr. 18-19, 2018). The arches...
The most distinctive feature on the Sun this week was a good-sized coronal hole at a slanted angle nearly centered...
For the first time in a long time the Sun has gone an entire month without any sunspots (Feb. 1-18, 2019). To put...
Millions of excited people in the U.S. traveled many miles see a total eclipse, and what a show it was. The SDO...