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The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 5:40 p.m. EDT on Oct. 24, 2014. NASA's Solar Dynamics...
Solar Dynamics Observatory Program Manager, left, describes the SDO project to Prince Philip in front of the...
Around 13 times per century, Mercury passes between Earth and the sun in a rare astronomical event known as a...
This close-up from a video clip taken May 30-June 1, 2018 shows a large active region in extreme ultraviolet light...
When an active region rotated into a profile view, SDO was able to capture the magnificent loops arching above an...
An active region that had just rotated into view blasted out a coronal mass ejection, which was immediately followed...
A new active region appeared on June 19th, quickly growing in size over two days (June 20-22, 2018). Active regions...
The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 7:24 p.m. EST on Dec. 19, 2014. NASA’s Solar Dynamics...
The Sun produced three M-class (medium-sized) flares in less than 13 hours and the third one had an interesting...
Telescopes help distant objects appear bigger, but this is only one of their advantages. Telescopes can also collect...
A long-lasting coronal hole has again rotated around to face the Earth (Nov. 28-30, 2018). This persistent hole -...
A good-sized coronal hole came around to where it is just about facing Earth (May 16-18, 2018). Coronal holes are...
Magnetic arcs of plasma that spiraled above two active regions held their shape fairly well over 18 hours (Jan....
This close-up video clip shows a pair of active regions (the brighter areas) move and change as they rotate with the...
A flare medium-sized (M2) flare and a coronal mass ejection erupted from the same, large active region (July 14,...
The sun has been virtually spotless, as in no sunspots, over the past 11 days, a spotless stretch that we have not...
Each day NASA solar scientists produce overlays (in white lines) that show their estimation of how the magnetic...
In the same way that two eyes give humans a three-dimensional perception of the world around us, the twin spacecraft...
Michael Kaiser, project scientist, Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) at Goddard Space Flight Center,...
Madhulika Guhathakurta, seated left, STEREO program scientist, speaks during a press briefing, Thursday, Aug. 18,...
David Webb, a research physicist from the Institute for Scientific Research at Boston College speaks during a press...
Craig DeForest, a staff scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo., speaks during a press...
Alysha Reinard, as research scientist with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of...
The sun is always changing and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory is always watching. Launched on Feb. 11, 2010, SDO...