Blue-Flame Plasma on the Face of the Sun

From NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio. This video takes images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory and applies additional processing to enhance the structures that are visible. The result is a beautiful, [...]

The Great Solar Mag Flip

From NASA Heliophysics. The number of sunspots increases and decreases over time in a regular, approximately 11-year cycle, called the sunspot cycle. The exact length of the cycle can vary. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]