Solar Astronomy
Beastly Sunspot Amazes, Heightens Eclipse Excitement
That's one big, black blemish on the Sun today! Rarely have we been witness to such an enormous sunspot. Lifting…
How to Take Great Photographs of the October 23rd Partial Solar Eclipse and More
Get those solar viewers out… the final eclipse of 2014 occurs this Thursday on October 23rd, and most of North…
Zap! Saturn Moon’s Electron Beam Beaned Cassini Spacecraft From Charged Surface
Ever taken a balloon and rubbed it against your hair? That's an example of electrostatic charging, which you see as…
Solar ‘Bombs’ And Mini-Tornadoes Spotted By Sun-Watching Spacecraft
My, the Sun is a violent place. I mean, we knew that already, but there's even more evidence for that…
REAL Images of Eclipses Seen From Space
That 'amazing astro-shot that isn’t' is making the rounds of 'ye ole web again. You know the one. “See an…
Aurora Watch! Two Solar Particle Blasts Could Start Smacking Into Earth Friday
Bim, bam, smash! The Sun hurled two clouds of particles in our general direction, putting space weather watchers on alert.…
Rosetta’s Comet Already Spewing Dust, One Year Before Getting Close To The Sun
Mark your calendars, astronomy geeks: exactly one year from today, the comet the Rosetta spacecraft is chasing will make its…
ISEE-3 Completes Lunar Flyby, Begins a Citizen Science Program
The journey began on August 12, 1978 from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II launch vehicle. Now after 36 years…
Blast! Sun Pops Off A Moderate Solar Flare. Could Others Follow Soon?
With a watchful NASA spacecraft capturing its moves, the Sun sent off a "mid-level" solar flare on Tuesday (July 8)…
Watch the Rise and Fall of a Towering Inferno on the Sun
Caught on camera by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, a prominence blazes hundreds of thousands of miles out from the Sun's surface (i.e.,…