NASA Solar Probe Sets Controls for the Heart of the Sun, Literally
Solar Probe+NASANASA's Solar Probe+ will study the sun's exterior.In a mission to learn more about the sun's inner workings, NASA is planning to launch a specially shielded spacecraft in 2018 that will...
View ArticleComing Solar Minimum Could Chill the Earth, New Forecast Predicts
SunspotsNASA/Goddard Space Flight CenterThe solar minimum occurs roughly every 11 years, when fewer sunspots like these appear.Sunspots may be going into hibernation, a phenomenon unseen since the 17th...
View ArticleHow to Watch the Last Transit of Venus This Century
2004 TransitNASA/TRACEThe 2004 transit, as seen by NASA's solar-observing TRACE satellite.Observatories the world over will be watching on Tuesday as Venus crosses the face of the sun for the last time...
View ArticleStrange, Unexplained Solar Influence Over Earth's Radioactive Material Could...
Gigantic Solar FlareNASAOn August 9, 2011 at 3:48 a.m. EDT, the sun emitted an Earth-directed X6.9 flare, as measured by the NOAA GOES satellite. These gigantic bursts of radiation can disrupt the...
View ArticleIn 5-Minute Journey, Flying Telescope Cracks Mystery Of Solar Atmosphere
Solar CoronaNASA/CfAThis is one of the highest-resolution images ever taken of the solar corona, or outer atmosphere. It was captured by NASA's High Resolution Coronal Imager, Hi-C, in the ultraviolet...
View ArticleHappy Valentine's Day! Love, Your Sun
Heart From The SunSAO/NASA/JAXA/NAOJThis lovely heart-shaped protuberance is a superheated plasma curled up into the solar corona, erupting from a particularly active region on the sun. The Hinode...
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