14 DAY TRIAL // Just yesterday, NASA released a gorgeous video showing the absolute best explosions and eruptions that were documented on the surface of the Sun over the past few years.
The video, available below, was released to mark the 5th anniversary of the agency's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which has been studying our parent star since February 11, 2010.
The footage comprises images obtained by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory while monitoring the Sun. It shows not just solar material being ejected into space but also sunspots growing and shrinking.
Scientists explain that, thanks to data obtained with the help of the Solar Dynamics Observatory, which images the Sun in different wavelengths, they now know more about the behavior of this star.
In time, they expect that they will finally figure out what causes the massive eruptions that sometimes happen on the surface of the Sun and why solar magnetic fields are forever moving.
The reason why researchers are interested in learning more about why the Sun sometimes unleashes mammoth flares is because such events have the potential to affect us Earth dwellers.
True, the radiation released during a solar flare cannot make it through Earth's atmosphere and physically hurt us, but it can upset GPS and communication signals.
