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The large sunspot (called AR2665) that rotated out of view about two weeks ago has returned (Aug. 1-2, 2017). Though...
The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 5:40 p.m. EDT on Oct. 24, 2014. The flare erupted from a...
On Oct. 18, 2014, a sunspot rotated over the left side of the sun, and soon grew to be the largest active region...
NASA image caputred November 6, 2010 To see a really cool video of this event go here:...
An active region on the sun — an area of intense and complex magnetic fields — has rotated into view on the sun and...
An introduction plus Number 5 in the Top 5 Solar Discoveries, which include the discovery of sunspots by Galileo in...
While it often seems unvarying from our viewpoint on Earth, the sun is constantly changing. Material courses through...
NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory sees the sun has been virtually spotless, as in no sunspots, a 11-day spotless...
This single frame from a sequence of six images of an animation shows sunspots as viewed by NASA Curiosity Mars...
A large group of sunspots that rotated across the Sun over six days (Aug. 21-26, 2015) started out as a single...
This single frame from a sequence of images shows sunspots as viewed by NASA Curiosity Mars rover from June 27 to...
The sun has been virtually spotless, as in no sunspots, over the past 11 days, a spotless stretch that we have not...
A large sunspot was the source of a powerful solar flare (an X 9.3) and a coronal mass ejection (Sept. 6, 2017). The...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this series of images of sunspots – regions where solar flares erupt on the...
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:...
Active region AR 12192 on the sun erupted with a strong flare on Oct. 24, 2014, as seen in the bright light of this...
A countdown of the top 5 solar discoveries from the Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum. These include the...
Our sun is ever-changing, and the Solar Dynamics Observatory has a front-row seat. On Feb. 11, 2010, NASA launched...
An eruption from the surface of the sun is conspicuous in the lower left portion of this July 6, 2015, image from...
The sun is always changing and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory is always watching. Launched on Feb. 11, 2010, SDO...
Over a three-week period (July 3-24, 2018), the Sun produced just one small, short-lived sunspot -- but it tells a...
For the first time in a long time the Sun has gone an entire month without any sunspots (Feb. 1-18, 2019). To put...
Hinode (Sunrise), formerly known as Solar-B before reaching orbit, was launched from the Uchinoura Space Center in...
Several small sunspots appeared this week, giving NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory a chance to illustrate their...