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Sun Erupts with Spectacular Flares
The Sun sent two flares yesterday from active region 1283. This video shows the second flare, at 6:12 p.m. EDT…
Scientists Detect Sunspots Before They Emerge
[/caption] For solar enthusiasts, we're all quite aware of sunspots and their implications. Able to disrupt power grids, shut down…
Enhanced Technique for Tracking Solar Storms All the Way From Sun to Earth
Heliophysicists announced today that new data processing techniques have enabled them to track solar storms from their origin in the…
SDO’s Guide to Solar Flares
X-Class, M-Class, C-Class... What does it all that mean, and just what is a solar flare? This video from the…
Sun Erupts with Largest Solar Flare of the Cycle
Early Tuesday morning (August 9, 2011,) the Sun erupted with the largest solar flare of Cycle 24, registering as an…
How Big Are Solar Flares?
With the recent activity on the Sun, we've used the words "massive" or "huge" to describe solar flares. But just…
Solar Storm Heading Our Way
Early today, (Aug 3, 2011) two active regions on the Sun, sunspot 1261 and 1263 unleashed solar flares, which was…
Activity Heating Up on the Sun!
[/caption] The summer Sun (for us in the northern hemisphere) is getting active! Here are images and videos of recent…
SDO Finds the Man in the Sun
We all know about the Man in the Moon, but the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft has now detected an old…
Awesome Astrophotos: A Negative Sun
[/caption] Here's an unusual if not stunning way to look at the Sun: César Cantu from the Chilidog Observatory in…