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The two most noteworthy features on the sun this week were a pair of elongated filaments (Sept. 8, 2016). The...
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory caught this image of an eruption on the side of the sun over June 18, 2015. The...
On July 5, 2017, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory watched AR26665, an active region — an area of intense and...
The sun shot out a small coronal mass ejection that was also associated with a small flare (Jan. 22, 2018). The...
The sun's only visible active region sputtered and spurted and eventually unleashed a small (C-class) flare (Feb. 7,...
Several times a day for a few days this week the Earth completely blocked the Sun for about an hour due to SDO's...
A pair of relatively small (but frenetic) active regions rotated into view, spouting off numerous small flares and...
On September 30, 2014, multiple NASA observatories watched what appeared to be the beginnings of a solar eruption. A...
Kennedy Space Center Director Jim Kennedy invites viewers to submit their questions about the STEREO mission to the...
A solar prominence at the sun's edge put on quite a display of plasma being pushed and pulled by unstable magnetic...
A small, but complex mass of plasma gyrated and spun about over the course of 40 hours above the surface of the Sun...
At the edge of the sun, a large prominence and a small prominence began to shift, turn and fall apart in less than...
A close-up of twisting plasma above the Sun's surface produced a nice display of turbulence by caused combative...
An active region at the sun's edge produced several M5-class (medium sized) flares over a ten-hour period (Apr. 3,...
When an active region rotated over to the edge of the sun, it presented us with a nice profile view of its elongated...
A prominence observed along the right edge of the sun rose up and then most of it bent back down to the surface...
Numerous arches of magnetic field lines danced and swayed above a large active region over about a 30-hour period...
Several arcing loops rotated into view and swirled above an active region, which gave us a nice profile view of the...
One broad active region sported a wonderful example of coiled magnetic field lines over almost a four-day period...
A close-up view of one day in the life of a rather small active region shows the agitation and dynamism of its...
A large group of sunspots that rotated across the Sun over six days (Aug. 21-26, 2015) started out as a single...
As a pair of active regions began to rotate into view, their towering magnetic field lines above them bloomed into a...
Several bright bands of plasma connect from one active region to another, even though they are tens of thousands of...
The Sun's rotation brought a new active region into view, revealing the dynamic arches and twisting streams of its...