Solar Astronomy
Where are the Sunspots? Are we in for a Quiet Solar Cycle?
So what's up with our Sun? Is it going through a depression? It seems as if our closest star is…
Warm Coronal Loops May Hold the Key to Hot Solar Atmosphere
Coronal loops, the elegant and bright structures threading through the solar surface and into the solar atmosphere, are key to…
Solar Blast Seen in Unprecedented Detail (Video)
Periodically our sun blasts streams of hot, ionized gas into the solar system. These eruptions, called coronal mass ejections or…
Wow! Satellite Catches Bright Solar Flare From a Another Star
NASA's Swift satellite picked up one of the brightest solar flares ever seen -- not from our own sun, but…
Mission to the Sun
A mission to the sun is difficult stuff. For 30 years scientists and engineers have struggled with developing a spacecraft…
There is No Sun-Link with Global Warming
The connection between solar activity and global warming has been a contentious issue for a long time. The idea that…
Source of the Slow Solar Wind Found (Video)
The solar wind comes in two modes: fast and slow. Solar astronomers have a good idea as to where the…
The Sun’s Magnetic Fountains
For you solar observing fans, enjoy the beauty. Over the years both the public and astronomers alike have witnessed the…
STEREO Spacecraft Captures Footage of a Solar Tsunami
A solar tsunami blasted its way through the sun’s lower atmosphere on May, 19 2007, and the action was captured…
Solar Corona Revealed by Medical X-Ray Techniques
For several decades solar scientists have been hard at work trying to unravel the mysteries of the solar corona. Thanks…