Solar Dynamics Observatory
A Dark Region Is Growing Eerily On The Sun’s Surface
Images from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have spotted a growing dark region called a coronal hole, which is the cause…
Kapow! Moderate Solar Flare Erupts From The Sun, But Likely Won’t Affect Earth
While this solar peak has been weaker than usual, from time to time we get a moderate punch from the…
Aurora Alert: Powerful Solar Flare This Weekend Could Spark Show Tomorrow
If you sit at a fairly high latitude, you may want to keep an eye out your window Tuesday (April…
Slip-Sliding Away: Solar Flare’s Magnetic Lines Go For A Loop In This Video
When will the next big solar flare occur? How much damage could it cause to power lines and satellites? These…
Yesterday’s Mammoth Solar Flare Is The Biggest Of 2014 So Far
She's a rainbow! You can see the first moments of a huge flare belching off the sun in the picture…
A Secret Solar Eclipse from Outer Space
Call it the eclipse nobody saw. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) got its own private solar eclipse showing from its…
Zombie ISON ‘Behaving Like A Comet’, Stunned Astronomers Say
Talk about the Comeback Kid. After Comet C/2012 S1 ISON rounded the sun yesterday afternoon, professional astronomers around the world looked…
This Energy-Boosting Region In The Sun Will Have A New NASA Satellite Watching It
How does the sun's energy flow? Despite the fact that we live relatively close (93 million miles, or eight light-minutes)…
New Video Shows Fire and ‘Rain’ on the Sun
This footage was obtained by the AIA instrument on the Solar Dynamics Observatory on July 19, 2012. It provides a…