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Caption: A burst of solar material leaps off the left side of the sun in what’s known as a prominence eruption. This...
Caption: An X-class solar flare erupted on the left side of the sun on the evening of Feb. 24, 2014. This composite...
On Oct. 18, 2014, a sunspot rotated over the left side of the sun, and soon grew to be the largest active region...
Watching a particularly beautiful movie of the sun helps show how the lines between science and art can sometimes...
NASA image acquired December 23, 2011 In early June 2011, Chile’s Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcano erupted explosively,...
The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, located in Katmai National Park, forms a unique and ashen landscape. Encircled by...
NASA image acquired February 25, 2011 Pyroclastic flows are some of the most fearsome hazards posed by erupting...
NASA image acquired December 23, 2011 In early June 2011, Chile’s Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcano erupted explosively,...
On Aug. 24, 2014, the sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 8:16 a.m. EDT. NASA's Solar Dynamics...
SDO AIA image of the X3.1 flare in 131 angstrom light from 21:43 UT on October 24, 2014. Credit:NASA/SDO More info:...
A pair of giant filaments on the face of the sun have formed what appears to be an enormous arrow. If straightened...
On Aug. 24, 2014, the sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 8:16 a.m. EDT. NASA's Solar Dynamics...
On Jan. 28, 2014, NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, witnessed its strongest solar flare since...
While it often seems unvarying from our viewpoint on Earth, the sun is constantly changing. Material courses through...
Although Japan’s Sakura-jima volcano is one of the most active in the world, it rarely makes headlines. One or two...
Although Japan’s Sakura-jima volcano is one of the most active in the world, it rarely makes headlines. One or two...
Iceland, dressed in winter white, peaked through a hole in a complex system of clouds in late February, 2015. The...
More than 9,000 years ago, a catastrophic volcanic eruption created a huge caldera on the southern end of Onekotan...
Spectacular eruption: On June 7, 2011, SDO captured this image as a massive eruption lifted an enormous amount of...
NASA image acquired December 4, 2010 After a respite of less than a month, Klyuchevskaya Volcano resumed erupting in...
NASA image acquired May 30, 2011 On May 30, 2011, the STEREO Behind spacecraft caught a prominence in the process of...
The main caldera of Bardarbunga volcano is tucked beneath Iceland’s largest glacier, Vatnajökull. Beginning in...
All around the world, people live in places where the threat of natural disaster is high. On the North Island of New...
A solar flare associated with the coronal mass ejection seen in this image generated a flurry of fast-moving solar...