STEREO
Watch as Comet Lovejoy Takes a Death-Dive Into the Sun
A comet discovered on Dec. 2, 2011 is now on a near collision course with the Sun, and likely won’t…
More Eye-Popping Video from the June 7 Solar Explosion
Here's more video from the huge explosion on the Sun on June 7, 2011, which began at about 06:41 UTC.…
STEREO Looks at the Sun; Finds Planets
[/caption] The primary mission of the twin STEREO probes is to explore the 3-dimensional makeup of our Sun. Each craft…
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…
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NASA Robot and First Whole Sun Picture .. Coming on Super Bowl SUNday
[/caption] What do NASA, Robots, the Sun and the NFL have in common ? Well … its Super SUNday ...…
First Ever Whole Sun View .. Coming Soon from STEREO
[/caption] “For the first time in the history of humankind we will be able to see the front and the…
Holes in the Sun’s Corona in 2 D, 3 D and Video
[/caption] A pair of coronal holes on the Sun newly imaged by NASA’s flagship solar probe, the Solar Dynamics Observatory…
Near-Synchronous Explosions Connect Across the Vast Distances on the Sun
For several decades, scientists studying the sun have observed solar flares that appear to occur almost simultaneously but originated in…
Solar Explosions Spark Controversy
[/caption] Nowhere in the Solar System are conditions more extreme than the Sun. Every second it converts millions of tons…
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,…