Space Weather Satellite Set to Go Where No Mission Has Gone Before
Living near a star is risky business, and positioning a spacecraft near the Sun is a very good way to observe rapidly changing solar activity…
Solar Flare
Astronomers Reveal How a Magnetic Cage Stopped a Solar Eruption
A dramatic magnetic power struggle at the Sun’s surface lies at the heart of solar eruptions, new research using NASA data shows. The work highlights…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Detects Solar Flare Pulses at Sun and Earth
When our Sun erupts with giant explosions — such as bursts of radiation called solar flares — we know they can affect space throughout the…
Electrically Charged Particles Could Impact Future Missions to Martian Moons
New research from NASA suggests that the solar wind creates a complex electrical environment around Phobos, giving its night side and shadowed craters a static…
Solar Dynamics Observatory Captures Image of Mid-level Flare
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of a mid-level solar flare emitted from the sun on September 4th. The sun emitted a mid-level solar…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Views a Trio of Solar Flares
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the new images of the three solar flares. The sun emitted a trio of mid-level solar flares on April 2-3,…
Fermi Views Gamma Rays from Solar Flares on the Far Side of the Sun
New research from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reveals high-energy light from solar eruptions located on the far side of the sun, which should block…
VLA Provides New Insights into Solar Flares
Using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array Radio Telescope, along with other telescopes at ultraviolet and X-ray wavelengths, astronomers reveal new insights into solar…
M7.9-Class Solar Flare Seen by Solar Dynamics Observatory
The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, an M7.9-class, peaking at 4:16 a.m. EDT on June 25, 2015. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Views M-Class Solar Flare
The first significant solar flare of 2015 was spotted by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 11:24 p.m….
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Views a Significant Solar Flare
A new video from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows an X1.8-class flare erupting on the sun on December 19, 2014. The sun emitted a significant…
SDO Detects Third Mid-Level Flare from New Sunspot
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory observed a third mid-level flare from the Sun. The flare was classified as an M5.4-class flare. On November 5, 2014, the…
NASA Video Reveals the Difference Between Solar Flares and CMEs
This short NASA video highlights the differences between coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and solar flares. How do you tell the difference between a flare and…
NASA’s IRIS Satellite Observes Large Solar Flare
NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph satellite observed its largest solar flare since launching in 2013 – an X1.6 class flare. On September 10, 2014, NASA’s…
Solar Dynamics Observatory Captures Images of Recent M5 Solar Flare
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…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Sees Three Solar Flares
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has recorded three X-class flares emitted from the Sun in the last two days. The sun emitted a significant solar flare,…
New SDO Image of X-Class Solar Flare
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 SDO Reveals Images of X4.9-Class Solar Flare
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,…