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Solar Storm Turns Communication Satellite to an Out-of-Control 'Zombiesat'
Solar WeatherNASAGreat for photographs, not so great for satellites.A solar storm that smashed into Earth on April 5 went largely unnoticed by most of us down here on the planet, but a group of...
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Video: Solar Dynamics Observatory Captures its First Solar Eclipse
The SDO's Solar EclipseNASA/SDOYour mom probably told you not to stare directly at the sun, but images like this one are hard to ignore. Captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) back on...
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Video: SDO Observatory Captures Another Beautiful, Gigantic Solar Storm
Monday's Solar Storm, as Captured by the Solar Dynamics ObservatorySDO/NASALast month's solar storm was pretty stellar, but the massive flare that erupted from the sun yesterday put it to shame,...
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Observatory Captures a Violently Beautiful Solar Flare On Video
Thursday's Solar FlareNASA/SDOScientific observations often has to do with being in the right place at the right time, whether intentionally or not. In a stroke of good luck last Thursday the sun's...
View ArticleHow We're Still Trying to Shed Light on Persistent Solar Mysteries
Yesterday, the vernal equinox, the sun returned to the Northern Hemisphere at last. Nothing here or anywhere else in our corner of the galaxy would exist without the sun, yet a surprising number of...
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Video: SDO Captures a Sunspot Cluster Swimming Around On The Sun's Surface
SunspotsNASA/SDOSunspots aren't static, and NASA has the amazing video footage to prove it. Captured in February, this clip taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows how sunspots surface,...
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Video: This Morning There Was a Massive Solar Explosion
This Morning's Solar FlareNASA/SDORegular readers know that PopSci can't get enough of huge explosions on the surface of the sun. That puts us in a pretty good place right now, considering the current...
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A Massive Solar Eruption, the Strongest in 7 Years, Has Earth Bracing for a...
Sunday's M9-Class Solar Flare, Whose Associated CME is Now Earth-BoundNASA/SDO and the AIA ConsortiumThere was a time when one rarely had to worry about incoming doom born of outer space, but that time...
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Video: Venus Sweeps Across the Face of the Sun For the Last Time This Century
Transit BeginsNASASDO image in extreme ultraviolet.Watching the transit of Venus through telescopes at the local planetarium was impressive, but it was nothing compared to this view from the Solar...
View ArticleNASA Captures Rare, Beautiful Solar Rain [Video]
The rare event captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory last July is known as "coronal rain." It starts when a solar eruption spews plasma from the surface of the sun high up into the star's...
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Video: Solar Dynamics Observatory Captures its First Solar Eclipse
Technology Your mom probably told you not to stare directly at the sun, but images like this one are hard to ignore. Captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) back on October… Your mom...
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Video: SDO Observatory Captures Another Beautiful, Gigantic Solar Storm
Technology Last month’s solar storm was pretty stellar, but the massive flare that erupted from the sun yesterday put it to shame, lashing out from the solar surface in a beautiful… Last month’s solar...
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Observatory Captures a Violently Beautiful Solar Flare On Video
Technology Scientific observations often has to do with being in the right place at the right time, whether intentionally or not. In a stroke of good luck last Thursday the sun’s… Scientific...
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How We're Still Trying to Shed Light on Persistent Solar Mysteries
Science After staring at the sun for hundreds of millennia, humans still have burning questions about it Yesterday, the vernal equinox, the sun returned to the Northern Hemisphere at last. Nothing...
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Video: SDO Captures a Sunspot Cluster Swimming Around On The Sun's Surface
Technology Sunspots aren’t static, and NASA has the amazing video footage to prove it. Captured in February, this clip taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows how sunspots… Sunspots aren’t...
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Video: This Morning There Was a Massive Solar Explosion
Technology Regular readers know that PopSci can’t get enough of huge explosions on the surface of the sun. That puts us in a pretty good place right now, considering the current solar… Regular readers...
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A Massive Solar Eruption, the Strongest in 7 Years, Has Earth Bracing for a...
Technology There was a time when one rarely had to worry about incoming doom born of outer space, but that time is not now. There was a time when one rarely had to worry about incoming doom born of...
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Video: Venus Sweeps Across the Face of the Sun For the Last Time This Century
Science Watching the transit of Venus through telescopes at the local planetarium was impressive, but it was nothing compared to this view from the Solar Dynamics Observatory, the… Watching the...
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NASA Captures Rare, Beautiful Solar Rain [Video]
Science An eruption in July created a giant fountain of plasma many times the size of Earth. The rare event captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory last July is known as "coronal rain." It...
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