Solar Astronomy
Watch this Solar Prominence Blast Off the Surface of the Sun
"I may not get a lot done today with the Sun putting on this sort of show", announced amateur astrophotographer…
Catching Sunlight: A TEDx Talk by DIY Solar Photographer Alan Friedman
Video poster frame shows Alan Friedman's 90mm hydrogen alpha telescope setup -- nicknamed "Little Big Man" -- on an Astro-Physics…
SDO’s Camilla the Rubber Chicken: Cure for a Common Phobia
We at Universe Today really appreciate the work that Camilla the Rubber Chicken does in her role of education and…
STEREO Spots a CME Soaring Into Space
Press "play." Say "wow." The enormous eruption of a solar prominence and resulting coronal mass ejection (CME) back on August…
Google’s 5 Most Memorable Space Doodles
Google's one of those tech companies that makes a big deal about space exploration. There's not only the Google Lunar…
Guest Post: Our Explosive Sun
Editor's note: Pål Brekke is a Norwegian solar physicist with a doctorate from the University of Oslo in astrophysics and…
Incoming! CME On Its Way Toward Earth
As you read this, a huge cloud of charged solar particles is speeding toward our planet, a coronal mass ejection…
Sunspot 1520 Fires a Flare
Remember that cool animation I posted earlier of AR1520 and how I said there's no guarantee it wouldn't unleash an…
A Shimmering, Simmering Sunspot
This quick animation made by astrophotographer Alan Friedman shows a 30-minute view of sunspot 1520, a large region of magnetic…
New Warning System Designed to Keep Astronauts Safe from Solar Storms
A new solar storm prediction system based in Antarctica could provide astronauts in space warning time of over two hours…