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This photograph shows a solar prominence in action, one of Skylab's many splendorous views. It was taken on August...
On April 17, 2016, an active region on the sun’s right side released a mid-level solar flare, captured here by...
On April 17, 2016, an active region on the sun’s right side released a mid-level solar flare, captured here by...
MARSHALL SCIENTIST ED WEST ASSEMBLES THE OPTICAL SYSTEM OF THE SOLAR ULTRAVIOLET MAGNETOGRAPH INVESTIGATION TELESCOPE
Solar material twists above the sun’s surface in this close-up captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory on June...
On April 2, 2014, the sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 10:05 a.m. EDT, and NASA's Solar Dynamics...
Breaking the grip of the closed magnetic loops that constrain other gases around it, a spray of chromospheric...
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory caught this image of an eruption on the side of the sun over June 18, 2015. The...
Solar material repeatedly bursts from the sun in this close-up captured on July 9-10, 2016, by NASA’s Solar Dynamics...
This chart details Skylab's Ultraviolet (UV) X-Ray Solar Photography experiment (S020) in an Apollo Telescope Mount...
This 1970 photograph shows Skylab's Ultraviolet (UV)/X-Ray Solar Photography instrument, an Apollo Telescope Mount...
The sun is always changing and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory is always watching. Launched on Feb. 11, 2010, SDO...
Some of the prominences that float like lazy clouds above the solar surface suddenly erupt and break away from the...
In the same way that two eyes give humans a three-dimensional perception of the world around us, the twin spacecraft...
Hinode (Sunrise), formerly known as Solar-B before reaching orbit, was launched from the Uchinoura Space Center in...
Hinode (Sunrise), formerly known as Solar-B before reaching orbit, was launched from the Uchinoura Space Center in...
Hinode (Sunrise), formerly known as Solar-B before reaching orbit, was launched from the Uchinoura Space Center in...
Scientists have recently gathered some of the strongest evidence to date to explain what makes the sun's outer...
Telescopes help distant objects appear bigger, but this is only one of their advantages. Telescopes can also collect...
This 3-D video can be seen with red and cyan 3-D paper glasses. Launched ten years ago, on Oct. 25, 2006, the twin...
New ultraviolet images from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows a speeding star that is leaving an enormous trail...
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory observes the Sun in ten different wavelengths because each wavelength reveals...
NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory shows a long coronal hole has rotated so that was temporarily facing right towards...
The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 1:48 p.m. EDT on Sept. 10, 2014. NASA's Solar Dynamics...