Watching a magnificent Sunspot
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory watches a sunspot, an area of intense and complex magnetic field on the Sun.
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Stunning Planet Aurora
No this is not an alien planet. It’s our planet seen from the Space Station through the shimmering glow of aurora.
The Mystery of Solar Flares explained
A new research that leads to better understanding of the Sun’s activity, shows that large and small scale solar eruptions might all be triggered by a single
First Solar Images from NOAA’s GOES-16 Satellite
The first images from the Solar Ultraviolet Imager or SUVI instrument aboard NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite.
The Edge of the Sun
For the first time, scientists have imaged the edge of the sun and described that transition, from which the solar wind blows…
A Huge Solar Filaments Erupts
Filaments sometimes explode off the Sun. Featured, a huge filament had been seen hovering over the Sun’s surface for over a week before it erupted…
Solar Storms ignite Auroras on Jupiter
Researchers using Chandra data shows how a giant solar storm can ignite auroras on Jupiter.
Dark Sun over Ternate
A dark Sun hangs in the clearing sky over a volcanic planet in this morning sea and skycape. It was taken during this week’s total solar eclipse,
WFIRST mission to unlock the secrets of the universe
NASA officially is beginning work on the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), an astrophysics mission designed to help unlock the secrets of the universe.
Stunning timelapse shows the Sun over a year
NASA has released a stunning timelapse video showing the sun over the course of a year.