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Two Earth-Facing Sunspots Blasting Powerful X And M Flares
Sunspots AR3664 and AR3663 have been erupting with X- and M-class solar flares. Both sunspots are Earth-facing and could potentially deliver a solar storm. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured ...
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Cannibal CME, Solar Flares and Sunspots
After witnessing the array of Northern Lights as far south as Colorado, we discuss how Coronal Mass Ejections (CME) are ...
Largest imaging spectro-polarimeter achieves first light at solar telescope
The U.S. National Science Foundation Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world's most powerful solar telescope, operated by ...
Seeing the waves that make the sun's corona so hot
If you happen to be enjoying a sunny day, thank the bright surface of the sun, known as the photosphere. At a piping hot ...
The sun as you've NEVER seen it: Scientists reveal the most detailed photo of our home star yet
The image was captured by the world's most powerful solar telescope, which takes 2D snapshots of the sun at specific ...
Solar Secrets in Ultra-HD: Inouye Telescope’s VTF Captures Fiery First Glimpse
The Inouye Solar Telescope just activated its most powerful instrument, VTF—a massive precision tool designed to unveil the ...
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Amateur astronomers capture groundbreaking photos of sun's corona during partial solar eclipse
"Most people just dismiss partial eclipses. But I wanted to go to this partial eclipse to try to get the corona — and I did it! This has opened the door to new dreams and challenges." ...
NASA’s PUNCH Mission Kicks Off With Dazzling First Images of the Sun
PUNCH, a bold new NASA mission, has successfully taken its first images of the Sun’s corona from orbit using four ...