Solar Astronomy
The Sun Pops Off Two X-Class Solar Flares in One Day
In only a little over an hour, the Sun released two X-class solar flares today. The first occurred at 11:42…
Found! Sun’s ‘Sibling’ Likely Formed From Same Gas Cloud, Astronomers Say
Peer about 110 light-years away from our solar system, and you might catch a glimpse of how our own neighborhood…
Most Powerful Solar Telescope on Earth Rises Atop Hawaiian Volcano
Rising 10,000 feet above the sunburned faces of 2.2 million tourists a year, the largest solar telescope on the planet…
Slip-Sliding Away: Solar Flare’s Magnetic Lines Go For A Loop In This Video
When will the next big solar flare occur? How much damage could it cause to power lines and satellites? These…
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BUDGET 2015: Flying SOFIA Telescope To Be Shelved For ‘Higher-Priority’ Programs Like Cassini
NASA is prepared to axe an airborne telescope to keep "higher-priority" programs such as the Saturn Cassini mission going, according…
Yesterday’s Mammoth Solar Flare Is The Biggest Of 2014 So Far
She's a rainbow! You can see the first moments of a huge flare belching off the sun in the picture…
A Secret Solar Eclipse from Outer Space
Call it the eclipse nobody saw. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) got its own private solar eclipse showing from its…
Watch: An Amazing, Mesmerizing Full Rotation of Jupiter
Jupiter is a happening place in the solar system. While bashful Mars only puts on a good show once every…
An Incredible Time-lapse of Venus Passing Through Inferior Conjunction
Some of the most amazing celestial sights are hidden from our view in the daytime sky. Or are they? We…
Monster Sunspot Erupts with an X-Class Flare
Solar astronomers have been keeping an eye on giant sunspot AR1944, and as it turned towards Earth today, the sunspot…