Breathtaking New Images of the SUN

Don’t miss these images in 1080p, from the big CME on June 7, 2011. These unbelievable new images from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory would have seemed impossible just a short [...]

Catching Solar Waves

From NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Scientists have spotted the iconic surfer’s wave rolling through the atmosphere of the sun. This makes for more than just a nice photo-op: the [...]

Big Solar Eruption, Detail from STEREO spacecraft

The Sun erupted on March 19, 2010 in a coronal mass ejection. The STEREO A satellite captured it from one side, revealing huge loops of plasma blasting off the Sun’s [...]

Solar Tsunami

Excerpt from “Attack of the Sun.” The SOHO spacecraft has recorded the effect of all this rising energy. Its ultraviolet sensors show a wavy pattern of gas on the sun’s [...]

The Halloween Solar Storms

Excerpt from “Attack of the Sun… in 1080p.” The Halloween solar storms of 2003 were a wake up call for the risks that solar flares and coronal mass ejections pose [...]