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Two solar prominences, directly at opposite sides of the Sun, rose up, twisted around, and fell apart at roughly the...
A comet's journey through the solar syste is perilous and violent. Before it reaches Mars - at some 230 million...
A close-up of twisting plasma above the Sun's surface produced a nice display of turbulence by caused combative...
A prominence observed along the right edge of the sun rose up and then most of it bent back down to the surface...
A large group of sunspots that rotated across the Sun over six days (Aug. 21-26, 2015) started out as a single...
Each day NASA solar scientists produce overlays (in white lines) that show their estimation of how the magnetic...
The sun emitted three mid-level solar flares on July 22-23, 2016, the strongest peaking at 1:16 am EDT on July 23....
On Aug. 24, 2014, the sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 8:16 a.m. EDT. NASA's Solar Dynamics...
On March 29, 2014 the sun released an X-class flare. It was observed by NASA's Interface Region Imaging...
The Sun produced three M-class (medium-sized) flares in less than 13 hours and the third one had an interesting...
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured these "sun rays" shining through clouds at sunset on Feb. 2, 2023, the 3,730th...
At any given moment, as many as 10 million wild jets of solar material burst from the sun’s surface. They erupt as...
These banana-shaped loops are part of a computer-generated snapshot of our sun's magnetic field. The solar...
Get ready to view the solar eclipse with these helpful safety tips. No one should ever look directly at the sun,...
A small eruption blew a bright, disjointed stream of plasma into space (Oct. 18, 2017). The source of the blast was...
A sheet of plasma blasted out into space from just behind the edge of the sun (July 28, 2017). While some material...
A prominence at the sun's edge shifted and slithered back and forth over a one-day period (Nov. 29-30, 2017)....
This sequence of images shows the sun from its surface to its upper atmosphere all taken at about the same time...
The panoramic camera on NASA Opportunity combines the first photographs of solar eclipses by Mars two moons, Deimos...
A large, dark coronal hole at the bottom of the Sun has been the most dominant feature this week Jan. 29, 2014 as...
The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 3:01 p.m. EDT on Oct. 2, 2014. NASA's Solar Dynamics...
Comet ISON makes its appearance into the higher-resolution HI-1 camera on the STEREO-A spacecraft. The dark...
A prominence at the edge of the sun provided us with a splendid view of solar plasma as it churned and streamed over...
The Sun's rotation brought a new active region into view, revealing the dynamic arches and twisting streams of its...