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This close-up of the Sun from a two-hour period on Aug. 13, 2018 shows a minor eruption of charged particles rising...
This diagram illustrates the locations of the star systems closest to the sun. The year when the distance to each...
The artist concept on left is based on theoretical models predicting the direction and strength of magnetic field...
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 12:22 p.m. EDT on March 11, 2015. NASA’s Solar Dynamics...
On Nov. 22, 2014 from 5:29 to 6:04 p.m. EST., the moon partially obscured the view of the sun from NASA's Solar...
On September 30, 2014, multiple NASA observatories watched what appeared to be the beginnings of a solar eruption. A...
Some records are made for breaking! Say hello to the fastest-moving human-made object, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. On...
A coronal mass ejection, or CME, surged off the side of the sun on May 9, 2014, and NASA's newest solar observatory...
At any given moment, as many as 10 million wild jets of solar material burst from the sun’s surface. They erupt as...
A small prominence slowly rose further up above the sun, then fell apart and back into the sun over about seven...
On Sept. 13, 2015, as NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, kept up its constant watch on the sun, its view was...
The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 7:42 a.m. EDT on June 10, 2014. NASA's Solar Dynamics...
On June 27, 2013, NASA launched IRIS, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph. IRIS gives us our first detailed...
A dark, elongated filament rose up and broke to the lower left and out from the sun seen by NASA Solar Dynamics...
On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the sun's atmosphere, the corona,...
NASA release July 27, 2011 These jets, known as spicules, were captured in an SDO image on April 25, 2010. Combined...
Early in the morning of Aug. 12, NASA launched Parker Solar Probe, humanity’s first mission to the Sun. This...
This artist concept shows NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft in a new region at the edge of our solar system where the...
This artist concept shows NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft exploring a region called the depletion region or magnetic...
This artist concept shows NASA two Voyager spacecraft exploring a turbulent region of space known as the...
NASA Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope aboard ESA’s SOHO spacecraft took this image of a huge, handle-shaped...
This artist concept shows the different expected directions of the magnetic fields in interstellar space black lines...
This artist concept shows NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft in a new region at the edge of our solar system where the...