NASA Captures the Sun Smiling, But it Could Spell Trouble for Earth
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has captured the Sun "smiling", thanks to the star's extremely active period.
NASA Observatory Captures Stunning Solar Eclipse from Space
The Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) took advantage of its unique vantage spot in space to capture stunning images of a partial solar eclipse.
This Stunning 4K Timelapse of the Sun is Made from 78,846 NASA Photos
Astro filmmaker Seán Doran has used a set of 78,846 repaired, rescaled, and remastered AIA Angstrom 171 photos from NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory to create a dramatic 48-minute timelapse video of the Sun as it moves over the course of a month.
This 10-Year Timelapse of the Sun was Made from 425 Million Images
NASA has released a new timelapse titled "A Decade of Sun," and it's exactly what it sounds like. Using 425 million images captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) since it began monitoring the sun in 2010, NASA has created a timelapse of the sun in which every second represents one day.
NASA Captures Mercury Flying Across the Sun
Mercury just passed between the Earth and the Sun yesterday, a rare "planetary transit" that occurs about 13 times every 100 years. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft shot highly detailed photos of the astronomical event, and the beautiful time-lapse above is what resulted.
Beautiful Photo Collage of the Sun Shows Different Wavelengths of Light
Our sun can look very different in photographs depending on the wavelength of light you're trying to capture. Some photographs show the sun as a glowing white ball, while others capture hotter areas in a cold blue color. NASA recently took a collection of sun photos shot at different wavelengths and combined them into the beautiful photo collage seen above (here's a higher-res version).
Time-Lapse Shows Three Years in the Life of Our Sun in Three Minutes
This beautiful video shows three years in the life of the Sun in three minutes. The photographs are shown at a pace of two photos for each day. Thus, there are a little over 2000 photos in this video that are shown at around 12 frames per second.