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This photograph depicts the Solar X-Ray Imager (SXI) being installed in the X-Ray Calibration Facility (XRCF) vacuum...
An active region at the edge of the Sun blew out an X4 flare (one of the largest of the solar cycle) and a coronal...
The Van Allen Probes (formerly the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, RBSP) will explore the Van Allen Radiation Belts in...
The Van Allen Probes (formerly the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, RBSP) will explore the Van Allen Radiation Belts in...
Northwestern North Dakota is one of the least-densely populated parts of the United States. Cities and people are...
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, captured this solar image on March 16, 2015, which clearly shows two dark...
This CME image from Oct. 7, 2012, captured by two instruments on STEREO, shows the eruption from its base out into...
NASA file image acquired September 11, 2005 To view a video of this event go here:...
The Sun’s activity will be at its peak in 2024, providing a rare opportunity to study how solar storms and radiation...
STEREO witnessed the March 5, 2013, CME from the side of the sun – Earth is far to the left of this picture. While...
OHO captured this image of a CME from the side – but the structure looks much different from the classic light bulb...
There's no way to tell from this SOHO image whether the halo CME on March 5, 2013, originated from the front or far...
A giant cloud appears to expand outward from the sun in all directions in this image from Sept. 28, 2012, which is...
Three X-class flares erupted from the left side of the sun June 10-11, 2014. These images are from NASA's Solar...
The Universe is rarely static, although the timescales involved can be very long. Since modern astronomical...
A coronal mass ejection, or CME, surged off the side of the sun on May 9, 2014, and NASA's newest solar observatory...
Watching a particularly beautiful movie of the sun helps show how the lines between science and art can sometimes...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this series of images of sunspots – regions where solar flares erupt on the...
An active region just about squarely facing Earth erupted with an X 1.6 flare (largest class) as well as a coronal...
Caption: This image from June 20, 2013, at 11:15 p.m. EDT shows the bright light of a solar flare on the left side...
Caption: This image from June 20, 2013, at 11:15 p.m. EDT shows the bright light of a solar flare on the left side...
In reward for a job well done, the Mars Odyssey spacecraft's mission is extended by an additional two years....
The Sun blew out a powerful coronal mass ejection (CME) from just around the edge of the Sun (Oct. 14, 2014). The...
NASA release date May 9, 2008 An artist depicts the incredibly powerful flare that erupted from the red dwarf star...