First moments of a Solar Flare
The sun emitted a significant solar flare, on Feb. 24, 2014, peaking at 7:49 p.m. EST. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), captured images of the
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Solar eclipse from space
On Jan. 30, 2014, beginning at 8:31 a.m EST, the moon moved between NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, and the sun, giving the observatory
An unusual type of solar eclipse
An unusual type of solar eclipse occurred last June. Like a solar eclipse by the Moon, the phase of Venus became a continually thinner crescent
Sun’s Most Powerful Solar Flare of the Year
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of an M6.5 class flare at 3:16 am EDT on April 11, 2013. This image shows a combination
Solar Storms
The space-weather forecast for the next few years: solar storms, with a chance of catastrophic blackouts on Earth. Are we prepared? An X-class flare, the
Solar Tornado (video)
A rare Solar Tornado captured by Nasa’s Solar Dynamics Observatory -SDO- satellite across the Sun’s surface, 5 Times the Size of Earth. The Solar Tornado speeds up
Massive Solar Flare gets HD close up
Take a closer look at the flare that erupted on March 6, 2012. One of the most dramatic features is the way the entire surface
Most spectacular Solar eruption (video)
The Sun unleashed an M-2 (medium-sized) solar flare, an S1-class radiation storm and a spectacular coronal mass ejection (CME) on June 7, 2011. The large
Solar eclipse view from orbit
On Oct. 7, 2010, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, observed its first lunar transit when the new moon passed directly between the spacecraft (in
Giant Coronal Hole in the Sun detected
The ‘hole’ in the Sun’s atmosphere. Credit NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory NASA detects giant Coronal hole in Sun, launching solar winds that’ll hit Earth by end
