Understanding the Magnetic Sun
Far from the still, whitish-yellow disk it appears to be from the ground, the surface of the sun writhes and dances, towering loops and swirling cyclones that
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Aurora over the Pacific Northwest
The dancing lights of the aurora providing spectacular views, created by incoming energy and particles from the sun, captured by astronauts on the Space Station.
Celebrating 20 Years of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
After 20 years in space, ESA and NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO, is still going strong. Watch the video…
Thermonuclear Art – The Sun in Ultra-HD
The Sun. It’s always shining, always ablaze with light and energy that drive weather, biology and keeps life alive on Earth. Watch the impressive video from NASA’s
Stunning Kelvin-Helmholtz Clouds over Colorado
Looking like ocean waves, these impressive Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds, captured by Breckenridge Resort in Colorado.
A huge Dark Area appeared on the Sun
A huge dark area across the top of the sun, a coronal hole, a region where the magnetic field is open to interplanetary space, sending coronal material
Watching an Exoplanet in Motion around its Star
This video shows the exoplanet β Pic b orbiting the star β Pictoris, which lies over 60 light-years from Earth.
3,000th Comet spotted by SOHO
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, discovered on Sept. 13, 2015, its 3,000th comet, cementing its standing as the greatest comet finder of all time.
Lights of a red Aurora from the ISS
This spectacular aurora captured from the Space Station by NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, on June 23, 2015.
Flying over a red Aurora
The Space Station is flying over a spectacular rare red aurora, generated by a trio of coronal mass ejections from the sun.