Solar Dynamics Observatory News
The two eruptions occurred in an active region of the sun where an eruption of average intensity occurred on September 4.
This sunspot is the first to appear after the sun was spotless for two days, and it is the only sunspot group at this moment.
The results of this NASA-funded study were published in Science on June 22, 2017 — a special time of the year for the IRIS mission, which celebrates its fourth anniversary in space on June 26.
Another lunar transit will occur later this summer on August 21, wherein the moon will only barely hide part of the sun.
The sun produced swirling prominence activity of both its side, one after the other, over two days (December 7-8, 2016).
From SDO’s point of view, the sun appears to be shaking slightly – but not because the solar observatory was spooked by this near-Halloween sight.
As per NASA, the Miniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer, or MinXSS, CubeSat began science operations on June 9, 2016, collecting data on soft X-rays.
NASA says two of the spacecraft’s three science instruments - the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager, or HMI, and the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment, or EVE - are online and sending science data to Earth.
Now, the team of scientists at SDO captured the sun in all its golden glory once again, showing a close-up of bursts of solar material repeatedly emerging from it.
The US space agency NASA has released a close-up video of solar material bursting repeatedly from the Sun.
A relatively small but growing active region on our sun illustrated the fierce battle of magnetic fields as they connect and reconnect and struggle from May 30-31, 2016.
The US space agency NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) have spotted two huge 'black holes' on the surface of the Sun.
The spectacular video was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) on April 17, 2016 when an active region on the sun’s right side released a mid-level solar flare.
Sunspot regions are areas of intense magnetism so that plasma is being pulled along magnetic field lines between areas of opposite polarity.
A "current sheet" is a very fast and flat flow of electrically-charged material, defined in part by its extreme thinness compared to its length and width.
For those who are unaware, solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation.
These seasons - a time when Earth blocks SDO's view of the sun for a period of time each day - last around three weeks.
As seen in this video, an elongated solar prominence rose up above the sun’s surface and slowly unraveled on February 3.
The ultra-high definition video, featuring one entire year of the activity on the sun - from January1, 2015 to January 28, 2016, was released to mark the SDO's sixth year in space.
This video was taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory on November 11-12, 2015.
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