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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…
Dark Figures Do An Eerie Dance On The Sun
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this video on March 27 - 28 of two large areas of "dark" plasma on…
Shaking Up Theories Of Earth’s Formation
[/caption] Researchers from The Australian National University are suggesting that Earth didn't form as previously thought, shaking up some long-standing…
Huge ‘Tornado’ on the Sun
[/caption] The Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images and video of a spectacular rotation of material from the Sun in a…
Recent Solar Storms Pumped 26 billion Kilowatts of Energy into Earth’s Atmosphere
The recent solar activity did more than spark pretty auroras around the poles. Researchers say the solar storms of March…
What Does a Solar Storm Sound Like?
Of course, there is no sound in space, but sonfication is a process where any kind of non-auditory data is…