CME
Active Region Is Still Active!
[/caption] Even though the CME unleashed by active region 1429 initially hit Earth a bit softer than expected yesterday (read…
Sun Releases a Powerful X5 Flare
[/caption] Active Region 1429 unleashed an X5.4-class solar flare early this morning at 00:28 UT, as seen in this image…
Sun Unleashes Powerful X-Class Solar Flare
The Sun has been quiet recently but early today (04:13 UTC on March 5, 2012) it unleashed a powerful X1-class…
Can Solar Flares Hurt Astronauts?
[/caption] Solar flares, coronal mass ejections, high-energy photons, cosmic rays... space is full of various forms of radiation that a…
Aurora Alert! Sun Sends CME in Earth’s Direction
As seen here by the Solar Dynamics Observatory, a long duration M3-class flare began erupting on the Sun from sunspot…
Giant “Surfing” Waves Roll Through Sun’s Atmosphere
[/caption] Surf’s up on the Sun! Our favorite gnarly spacecraft, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has caught conclusive evidence of…
Sun Erupts with Enormous X2 Solar Flare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5ZiLl8hMBs Just in time for Valentine’s Day, [and the Stardust flyby of Comet Tempel 1] the Sun erupted with a…
Earths Entire Star for the First Time on Super SUNday
[/caption] Super Bowl SUNday XLV marks a watershed moment in observing our Sun. Today, February 6, 2011, NASA’s twin STEREO…
Solar Explosions Spark Controversy
[/caption] Nowhere in the Solar System are conditions more extreme than the Sun. Every second it converts millions of tons…
Solar Activity is Picking Up
The current solar cycle (24) has been pretty boring, but a new sunspot -- 1035 -- is growing rapidly and…