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Sun Blasts X1-Class Solar Flare! See Spacecraft Footage In 4K
Sunspot AR3186 erupted with an X1-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple ...
The sun's poles have flipped. A spacecraft is watching what happens next.
The Solar Orbiter, a collaborative mission between the European Space Agency and NASA, captured detailed images of the sun’s southern region in March, something no other probe has done at close range.
Powerful solar telescope unveils ultra-fine magnetic 'curtains' on the sun's surface
The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope captured the sharpest-ever images of the sun’s surface, revealing ultra-fine bright and ...
Astronomy on MSN1d
Michael’s Miscellany: Take a Look at the Sun
Although the repeating cycle of sunspots was first seen in the mid-18th century, the fact that the Sun went through cycles ...
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Humanity takes its 1st look at the sun's poles: 'This is just the first step of Solar Orbiter's stairway to heaven' (images)
"We didn't know what exactly to expect from these first observations – the sun's poles are literally terra incognita,” Sami Solanki, who leads the PHI instrument team from the Max Planck Institute for ...
Live Science on MSN7d
The sun: Facts about the bright star at the center of the solar system
How big it is: 865,000 miles (1.392 million kilometers) across How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) What ...