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Chaos and Education at 120,000 feet for Camilla the Rubber Chicken
[/caption] In my travels, I've had the pleasure of regularly meeting up with Camilla the Rubber Chicken, the social media…
NASA’s STEREO Spots a New Nova
While on duty observing the Sun from its position in solar orbit, NASA's STEREO-B spacecraft captured the sudden appearance of…
Question About Space Weather? NASA Scientists Have Answers
What's the difference between a solar flare and a coronal mass ejection? What causes such energetic space events? Worried that…
How Big Was Monday’s CME?
This big! The M1.7-class flare that erupted from active region 1461 on Monday, April 16 let loose an enormous coronal…
Watch it Rain on the Sun
The big solar flare and coronal mass ejection earlier this week created an unusual event on the Sun: it rained.…
Big Blast from the Sun
The CME we reported on earlier today was obviously just a warm up to the latest blast: A beautiful prominence…
The Sun Spits Out a Coronal Mass Ejection
Ever squirted water out of your mouth when playing in a swimming pool or lake? This Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)…
Watch Mercury Get Smacked By CMEs
The bright object in the center of this video sequence is the planet Mercury, seen by NASA's STEREO-B spacecraft as…
Navy Scientists Spot New Solar Structures
[/caption] There's something new under the Sun... well, just above the Sun, actually. Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory have…
The Sun Does a Barrel Roll
Well, not really...... The Sun didn't do a barrel roll; it was actually the Solar Dynamics Observatory that performed a…