Solar Astronomy
Wow! Satellite Catches Bright Solar Flare From a Another Star
NASA's Swift satellite picked up one of the brightest solar flares ever seen -- not from our own sun, but…
Mission to the Sun
A mission to the sun is difficult stuff. For 30 years scientists and engineers have struggled with developing a spacecraft…
There is No Sun-Link with Global Warming
The connection between solar activity and global warming has been a contentious issue for a long time. The idea that…
Source of the Slow Solar Wind Found (Video)
The solar wind comes in two modes: fast and slow. Solar astronomers have a good idea as to where the…
The Sun’s Magnetic Fountains
For you solar observing fans, enjoy the beauty. Over the years both the public and astronomers alike have witnessed the…
STEREO Spacecraft Captures Footage of a Solar Tsunami
A solar tsunami blasted its way through the sun’s lower atmosphere on May, 19 2007, and the action was captured…
Solar Corona Revealed by Medical X-Ray Techniques
For several decades solar scientists have been hard at work trying to unravel the mysteries of the solar corona. Thanks…
The Sun Bursts to Life: Sunspots, Flares and CMEs
As if to remind us it is still there, the Sun has put on an explosive show of sunspots, flares…
Celebrate Sun-Earth Day 2008 on March 20
Over the past seven years, NASA Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum has sponsored and coordinated education and public outreach events to…
Ulysses Spacecraft Dying of Natural Causes
"One equal temper of heroic heart Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek,…