5 years Solar time-lapse
This time-lapse video, by Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) that celebrates its 5th anniversary since it launched on February 11, 2010, captures one frame every 8
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
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
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
Why Scientists Observe the Sun in Different Wavelengths
This collage of solar images from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) shows how observations of the sun in different wavelengths helps highlight different aspects of
Simulate the Sun’s Magnetic Fields in 3-D [video]
A team of European researchers recently simulate the Sun’s magnetic fields in 3-D, bysing data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory and the Swedish 1-meter Solar
Van Gogh Sun (video)
A new technique created by Nicholeen Viall, a solar scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, depicts the 12-hour history of cooling and
Venus Transit- First images and video
These are the first images and videos of the transit of Venus across the face of the Sun, the last one for another 105 years.
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
Incandescent Sun- like you have never seen it before
Solar Dynamics Observatory – SDO images in the 171 Angstrom wavelength of extreme ultraviolet, show plasma in the solar atmosphere, called the corona, that is
