X-Class, M-Class, C-Class... What does it all that mean, and just what is a solar flare? This video from the…
Early Tuesday morning (August 9, 2011,) the Sun erupted with the largest solar flare of Cycle 24, registering as an…
With the recent activity on the Sun, we've used the words "massive" or "huge" to describe solar flares. But just…
[/caption] The summer Sun (for us in the northern hemisphere) is getting active! Here are images and videos of recent…
We all know about the Man in the Moon, but the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft has now detected an old…
Interesting activity captured on the Sun early today (July 12, 2011) showing an active region on the Sun's Eastern limb.…
Earlier this year, a sounding rocket was launched to measure solar energy output and calibrate the EVE instrument on the…
[/caption] Late in the evening on June 20, 2011 the Sun emitted a long lasting C7.7 class flare (a relatively…
[/caption] Surf’s up on the Sun! Our favorite gnarly spacecraft, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has caught conclusive evidence of…
Here's more video from the huge explosion on the Sun on June 7, 2011, which began at about 06:41 UTC.…