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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…
Solar System’s Story Revealed in a Pea
[/caption] Feast your eyes on some of the solar system's earliest materials: the pink core comprises melilite, spinel and perovskite.…
New Study: Sun’s Deep Physics Explain Sunspot-Free Days
[/caption] The long lull in sunspots at the end of Solar Cycle 23 wasn't just fodder for global cooling predictions…
SDO Captures a Monster Solar Prominence
The Sun continues to be active! A large-sized (M 3.6 class) flare occurred near the edge of the Sun on…
Sunspot Activity Hasn’t Stopped Yet
[/caption] According to SpaceWeather: "Fast-growing active region 1161 erupted this morning, producing an M6.6-class solar flare at 1011 UT. The…
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…
Earths Entire Star for the First Time on Super SUNday
[/caption] Super Bowl SUNday XLV marks a watershed moment in observing our Sun. Today, February 6, 2011, NASA’s twin STEREO…
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NASA Robot and First Whole Sun Picture .. Coming on Super Bowl SUNday
[/caption] What do NASA, Robots, the Sun and the NFL have in common ? Well … its Super SUNday ...…
A Brief History of Observing the Sun
A little history of sun-watching and science from our friends at the Solar Dynamics Observatory.
First Ever Whole Sun View .. Coming Soon from STEREO
[/caption] “For the first time in the history of humankind we will be able to see the front and the…