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The “Deep Blue Sea” of the Sun
Looking like an intricate pen-and-ink illustration, the complex and beautiful structures of the Sun's surface come to life in yet…
“Alien Prometheus Prominence” Hovers Over the Sun
Seen the movie “Prometheus” yet? If so, you may recognize one of the creatures in an eerie but beautiful prominence…
Astronomers Measure Sunlight’s Shove
The physical force of sunlight on a moving asteroid has been measured by NASA scientists, providing information on how to…
Sun Spews Earth-Directed Flares
On June 14th, for the second day in a row, sunspot AR1504 erupted and hurled a Coronal Mass Ejection toward…
Active Region on the Sun Turning Toward Earth
The Solar Dynamics Observatory always provides an incredible view of our Sun, and is keeping an eye on Active Region…
Transit of Venus Redux: More Great Images
[/caption] Images and video from the Transit of Venus on June 5/6, 2012 are still pouring in, and we needed…
Clouds part for Transit of Venus from Princeton University
[/caption] Despite a horrendous weather forecast, the clouds parted - at least partially - just in the nick of time…
Astrophoto: Double Crepuscular Rays
[/caption] I'm not sure how often this happens, but I've never seen it before: crepuscular rays on both the west…
Thierry Legault: One Transit is Not Enough
[/caption] Astrophotographer Thierry Legault had told us he was traveling to Australia for the Transit of Venus, so we knew…
Amazing Transit of Venus Images From Around the World
Wow! Amateur astronomers around the world looked to the sky last night and early this morning to observe Venus as…