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Amazing Sunspot Image from New Solar Telescope
[/caption] A new type of adaptive optics for solar observations has produced some incredible results, providing the most detailed image…
Amazing Image: Map of Magnetic Field Lines of the Sun
[/caption] The Sun's corona is threaded with a complex network of magnetic fields, and this amazing new image from the…
Venus and Mercury Blasted by Recent Solar Storms
Update: Well, it turns out that while it looks like Venus and Mercury are getting pummeled by Coronal Mass Ejections,…
The Sun is Waking Up: 5 Sunspots Today
Here's something we've not seen in a long while: five sunspots on the Sun at once. Is the Sun finally…
Solar Storm Update: Best Times for Viewing Aurorae
[/caption] The Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics released the latest information on the July 31/August 1 activity on the Sun…
Are You Keeping an Eye on SDO Keeping an Eye on the Sun?
Have you been checking out the Solar Dynamics Observatory website and seeing all the amazing, high resolution images of our…
SDO Seeing ‘Butterfly Effect’ on the Sun
[/caption] Already, the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, has taken over 5 million images, and the firehose of data and…
New Weekly Sun Fix: SDO’s Pick of the Week
[/caption] Images and data are starting to roll in from the Solar Dynamics Observatory, and the images are nothing short…
Incredible Image: Atlantis and ISS Transit the Sun
Here are some incredible images of Atlantis and the International Space Station captured as it transit the Sun. You can…
Our Sun Gets Active!
[/caption] The Sun erupted with one of the biggest prominences in years. This shot from the SOHO spacecraft on April…