The sun is always changing and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory is always watching. Launched on February 11, 2010, SDO keeps a 24-hour eye on…
It didn't end well for Ikaros but that doesn't deter NASA. The US Space agency will soon send a probe to the sun's corona, seven…
The sun is slowly expanding and brightening, and over the next few billion years, it will eventually desiccate Earth, leaving it hot, brown and uninhabitable.…
Have you ever wondered how important the Sun is to us here on Earth? Exactly what would happen if the Sun suddenly disappeared? Or what…
A team of scientists led by Laura Hayes –a solar physicist who splits her time between NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and Trinity College in…
According to NASA, the sun let loose two massive flares this week. Both of them were classified as X-class emissions, the most intense category of…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured images of the events. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a…
What if we could take a small piece of the sun and bring it to Earth? What would happen? Youtube channel Kurzgesagt set out to…
On Aug. 21, 2017, a solar eclipse passed over North America. People throughout the continent experienced a partial solar eclipse, and a total solar eclipse…
A total eclipse of the sun is an awe-inspiring sight, but throughout history, it has also inspired scientific research. Nature shows how studying eclipses have…
On July 5, 2017, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory watched AR26665, an active region -- an area of intense and complex magnetic fields -- rotate into…
The Economist asks people on the streets of London to guess how many hours of sunlight would be needed to power the world for a…
NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, and the Swedish 1-meter Solar Telescope in La Palma peered into the lower layers of the sun's atmosphere,…
For the first time, using NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or STEREO, scientists have imaged the edge of the sun and described that transition –…
Around 13 times per century, Mercury passes between Earth and the sun in a rare astronomical event known as a planetary transit. The 2016 Mercury…
On April 17, 2016, an active region on the sun’s right side released a mid-level solar flare, captured here by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. This…
The sun is always changing and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory is always watching. Launched on Feb. 11, 2010, SDO keeps a 24-hour eye on the…
NASA GSFC solar scientist Holly Gilbert explains a computer model of the sun’s magnetic field. Grasping what drives that magnetic system is crucial for understanding…
Dr. Joe Gurman of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center provides commentary on selected shots from SOHO's 20 years in space. After 20 years in space,…
It’s always shining, always ablaze with light and energy. In the ubiquity of solar output, Earth swims in an endless tide of particles. Every time…
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