Scientists Reveal New Clues to Determining the Solar Cycle
Scientists have discovered a new marker to track the course of the solar cycle, providing a new way to watch the way the magnetic fields…
Scientists have discovered a new marker to track the course of the solar cycle, providing a new way to watch the way the magnetic fields…
New images from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory show the M5 solar flare that erupted on August 24, 2014. On August 24, 2014, the sun emitted…
New research presented at the 2014 Royal Astronomical Society’s National Astronomy Meeting reveals an unusual series of puffs emanating from the base of the sun’s…
Using data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, researchers have developed a new technique that opens the door for near real-time mapping of the sun’s roiling…
This new image of an X-class solar flare was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory on March 29, 2014. The sun emitted a significant solar…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory viewed a significant solar flare, classified as a X4.9-class flare, on February 24, 2014. The sun emitted a significant solar flare,…
New images from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory show a partial solar eclipse from space. On January 30, 2014, beginning at 8:31 a.m. EST, the moon…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory spots two new solar flares. The sun ushered out 2013 and welcomed 2014 with two mid-level flares on December 31, 2013…
Using data from HMI, scientists compared the helioseismology results measured at four different heights within the sun’s surface, finding the long-sought equatorward flow inside the…
By combining data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory and the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager, scientists were able to create a comprehensive view…
Using data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory and the Hinode spacecraft, researchers reveal that the Sun’s atmosphere has a magnetic field about ten times weaker…
New observations of our Sun, combined with computer modeling, have helped astronomers resolve a decade-long argument over how to measure the accretion rates of growing…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has had consistent coverage of the sun’s rise toward solar maximum since 2010 and now that data has been compressed into…
Based on data from the Hinode satellite, a newly published study provides the first evidence of plasma upflows traveling at around 20 km per second…
The NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory was able to capture this incredible video of a recent coronal mass ejection (CME) on April 7th from the sun’s…
The most powerful solar radiation storm since 2005 was caused by a solar energetic particle event concurrent with an M8.7 class flare and a coronal…
The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager aboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory helps map the sun’s magnetic fields and has been gathering data since 2010. Recent vector…