Solar Astronomy
Solar System’s Protective Shield is Weakening; Solar Wind Velocity at Record Low
[/caption] Solar wind output is at its lowest since accurate records began 50 years ago. This finding comes from the…
Solar Cycle 24 Sunspots Finally Say “Hello!”
[/caption] After an extended period of calm for Solar Cycle 24, a cluster of sunspots have appeared on the disk…
“Eight Minutes of Terror”: Solar Physicists Find a Supersonic Way to See the Transition Region
[/caption] Solar physicists will have the unprecedented opportunity to peer inside one of the most mysterious regions in the Sun's…
Sunspot Pair Observed Today – Is Solar Cycle 24 Waking Up?
[/caption] Amateur astronomers have observed the first sunspots to appear on the solar surface for weeks. This period of extreme…
Ten Mysteries of the Solar System
[/caption] We've all wondered at some point or another what mysteries our Solar System holds. After all, the eight planets…
STEREO Maps Far Reaches of Solar System
NASA's twin STEREO spacecraft have been studying the sun since their launch in 2006. But the mission made a surprising…
2012: No Killer Solar Flare
We could be in for a huge firework display in 2012. The Sun will be approaching the peak of its…
Where are the Sunspots? Are we in for a Quiet Solar Cycle?
So what's up with our Sun? Is it going through a depression? It seems as if our closest star is…
Warm Coronal Loops May Hold the Key to Hot Solar Atmosphere
Coronal loops, the elegant and bright structures threading through the solar surface and into the solar atmosphere, are key to…
Solar Blast Seen in Unprecedented Detail (Video)
Periodically our sun blasts streams of hot, ionized gas into the solar system. These eruptions, called coronal mass ejections or…