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The Most Unique Eclipse Image You’ll Ever See
You’ve probably never before seen an image like the one above. That’s because it is the first time something like…
Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Turbulence, Solar Flares and Magnetism
What's more fun than something that misbehaves? When it comes to solar dynamics, we know a lot, but there are…
Yet Another X-Class Flare From AR 1748
Last night, as Commander Hadfield and the Expedition 35 crew were returning to Earth in their Soyuz spacecraft, the Sun…
The Sun Blasts Out Two X-Class Flares, Strongest of the Year
The Sun gets active! On May 12, 2013, the Sun emitted what NASA called a “significant” solar flare, classified as…
The Sun Burps Out a Gigantic Rolling Wave
Just in time for May Day, the Sun blasted out a coronal mass ejection (CME) from just around the limb…
The White House Releases a Report on Space Weather
We live on a planet dominated by weather. But not just the kind that comes in the form of wind,…
The Sun Blasts Out Two CME’s Towards Mercury
Over the past 24 hours, the Sun has erupted with two coronal mass ejections (CMEs), sending billions of tons of…
3 Years of the Sun in 3 Minutes
Since the Solar Dynamics Observatory opened its multi-spectral eyes in space about three years ago, we’ve posted numerous videos and…
Astronomers Hint that our Sun won’t Terminate as the Typical Planetary Nebula
Textbooks often cite that planetary nebulae (PNe, plural) represent an endstate for lower-mass single stars. But conversely, recent research suggests…
How Long Does it Take Sunlight to Reach the Earth?
Here's a question... how long does it take sunlight to reach Earth? This sounds like a strange question, but think…