Solar Astronomy
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…
Year One of the Solar Dynamics Observatory – Vote for Your Favorite Solar Events
Over the past year, the Sun has gone from one of quietest periods in decades to the ramping up of…
Interacting Sunspots Spawn Gigantic Solar Flare
From a RAS press release: The largest solar flare recorded in nearly five years was triggered by interactions between five…
Sun Day, April 17th – Get Out And Enjoy!
In keeping with global astronomy month, it's time to get out and enjoy another favorite astronomical target - the Sun!…
New Technique Separates the Modest Red Giants From the … Giant Red Giants
Based on results from the first year of the Kepler mission, researchers have learned a way to distinguish two different…
Absolutely Amazing: ISS, Discovery Transit Sun Near Active Sunspot Region
[/caption] Amateur astronomer Catalin Fus from Poland has captured one of the most amazing images I’ve ever seen – and…
What A Beautiful Day For A Sunspot
[/caption] For many of us, this is the first break in the weather we've seen for quite some time. Of…
Sun Erupts with Enormous X2 Solar Flare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5ZiLl8hMBs Just in time for Valentine’s Day, [and the Stardust flyby of Comet Tempel 1] the Sun erupted with a…
About that Giant Planet Possibly Hiding in the Outer Solar System…
[/caption] An old story got new legs this week as word went viral of a possible new 9th planet in…
Sun Unleashes Biggest Flare of the Current Cycle
[/caption] On February 13, 2011, sunspot 1158 let loose the strongest solar flare of the current solar cycle, a blast…