New Solar Dynamics Observatory Video: 5 Year Time-lapse of the Sun
This short video from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center shows a five year time-lapse of the Sun. NASA | 5 Year Time-lapse of the Sun…
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Solar Dynamics Observatory Spots Giant Filament on the Sun
This new image from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows a giant filament on the Sun. A dark line snaked across the lower half of the…
SDO Collects Its 100-Millionth Image of the Sun
On January 19, 2015, at 12:49 p.m. EST, the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly on NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured its 100 millionth image of the sun….
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…
Hinode Satellite Views Solar Eclipse
The Hinode satellite was able to capture x-ray footage of last week’s solar eclipse. Cambridge, Massachusetts – The moon passed between the Earth and the…
Small-Scale Jets from the Solar Chromosphere Are Possible Sources of the Solar Wind
In a newly published study, astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveal the detection of intermittent, small-scale jets from the solar chromosphere and their…
New ScienceCast Video Details Coming Sunset Solar Eclipse
A new three minute ScienceCast video details the partial solar eclipse that will be visible in most of the United States on October 23rd. ScienceCasts:…
New SDO Image of the Sun Resembles Jack-o-Lantern Face
This new image captured on October 8, 2014 by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows active regions on the sun combining to look something like a…
Solar Dynamics Observatory Watches 1 Million Mile Long Filament on the Sun
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory viewed gigantic filament for several days as it rotated around with the sun. If straightened out, the filament would measure about…
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…
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…
Physicists Detect Neutrinos in the Sun’s Core
For the first time, an international team of physicists has directly detected neutrinos created by the proton-proton fusion process going on at the sun’s core….
NASA’s EUNIS Sounding Rocket Detects Best Evidence Yet For Coronal Heating Theory
NASA’s EUNIS sounding rocket mission has discovered evidence to explain why the sun’s atmosphere is so much hotter than its surface, detecting the strongest evidence…
NASA Spacecraft Spots an Unusual Series of Eruptions from the Sun
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…
NASA’s STEREO Reveals Much Larger Solar Atmosphere Than Previously Thought
Using data from NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, astronomers have discovered that the solar atmosphere of the sun is larger than previously thought, extending out…
