The Sun as a Work of Art
Using a combination of two images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), astrophotographer Rick Ellis from Toronto, Canada, created this work of art Sun by
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Puffing Sun
An unusual series of impressive eruptions spotted by a suite of NASA’s sun-gazing spacecraft, in which a series of fast puffs forced the slow ejection
Watch the Sun Rotating
This sequence displays the Sun rotating, made by NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory – SDO images during the month of January, 2014. Watch the video…
Large Sunspot produces an X-flare
The largest sunspot group of the solar cycle unleashed a large (X1.2 class) flare just when it was facing right towards Earth (Jan. 7, 2014).
Sun’s Rainbow of Wavelengths
A new image taken from a NASA movie of the sun based on data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, showing the wide range
The end of Comet ISON- video
Bye-bye comet ISON. Comet ISON went around the sun on Nov. 28, 2013. Several solar observatories watched the comet throughout this closest approach to the
Canyon of Fire
Solar filament eruption creates ‘canyon of fire’, a magnetic 200,000 mile long filament of solar material erupted on the sun ripped through the sun’s atmosphere,
The Moon and Sun from space
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, two or three times a year, observes the moon traveling across the sun, blocking its view. While this obscures solar observations
Three Years of Sun in Three Minutes
A composite of 25 separate images spanning the period of April 16, 2012, to April 15, 2013. It reveals the zones on the Sun where
Surface of the Sun as you’ve Never Seen It
This extraordinary 3 min video looks back on the 3rd year of operation of NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Since its launch in 2010, SDO’s data
