Solar Astronomy
Regular Solar Cycle Could Be Going on Hiatus
[/caption] Are we headed into the 21st century version of the Maunder Minimum? Three researchers studying three different aspects of…
Solar Minimum Means More Than No Sunspots
[/caption] Since Galileo's time, humans have been going essentially blind following sunspots. But, as our technology advanced, our blindness as…
STEREO Spacecraft Provides First Complete Image of Sun’s Far Side
[/caption] Far out! This is the first complete image of the solar far side, the half of the sun invisible…
Giant “Surfing” Waves Roll Through Sun’s Atmosphere
[/caption] Surf’s up on the Sun! Our favorite gnarly spacecraft, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has caught conclusive evidence of…
More Eye-Popping Video from the June 7 Solar Explosion
Here's more video from the huge explosion on the Sun on June 7, 2011, which began at about 06:41 UTC.…
Monster Prominence Erupts from Sun
Early this morning (June 7, 2011) an amazingly massive and spectacular event took place on the Sun; a huge prominence…
More Dancing Plasma on the Sun
Here's the reason for those auroras Tammy was talking about...The Solar Dynamics Observatory captures a beautiful filament eruption from the…
Comet Death-Dives into Active Sun
The SOHO spacecraft coronagraph captured a sun-diving comet on May 10th and 11th that met its demise as it plunged…
Plasma Dancing Off the Sun
The Solar Dynamics Observatory captured some plasma streaming off the Sun, doing a quick dance, and diving back into the…
How a Rubber Chicken is Spreading the Word about NASA, Space Missions and Science
[/caption] Here’s a headline you don’t see too often: "Rubber Chicken Turned NASA Mission Mascot Embarks on a Flight to…