NASA’s SDO Captures Dazzling and Powerful Sympathetic Solar Flares
Two powerful solar flares exploded nearly simultaneously on the Sun earlier this week, creating a spectacular and exceptionally rare sight.
This is an Ultra-High-Resolution Photo of a Sunspot
The largest solar telescope in Europe has captured groundbreaking photos showing the fine-structure of the Sun. This photo captured at 430nm shows the details of a sunspot, an area that appears dark on the surface of the Sun because it's cooler than other parts around it.
This 4K Time-Lapse of the Sun Features the Largest Sunspot in the Past 22 Years
James Tyrwhitt-Drake recently combined over 17,000 images captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory and Helioviewer.org to create a time-lapse showing the largest sun spot of the past two solar cycles -- that's roughly 22 years!