Sun Looks like a Rainbow in New SDO Collage

Sun Looks like a Rainbow in New SDO Collage

Multiple wavelengths were stitched together for this image

Solar Ultra-Violet Imager Added to Future GOES-R Spacecraft

Solar Ultra-Violet Imager Added to Future GOES-R Spacecraft

The satellite will launch about three years from now

How the Sun Flips Its Poles – Video

How the Sun Flips Its Poles – Video

NASA releases a short clip highlighting this intricate event

Multi-Wavelength Image of the Last Solar Eclipse Released

Multi-Wavelength Image of the Last Solar Eclipse Released

Multiple spacecraft were used to collect the data in this image

Fate of Comet ISON's Core Remains Unresolved – Video

Fate of Comet ISON's Core Remains Unresolved – Video

NASA scientists are trying to determine what happened to it

Beautiful Image of Comet Lovejoy Captured by Japanese Telescope

Beautiful Image of Comet Lovejoy Captured by Japanese Telescope

The object is about to make a close encounter with the Sun

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 6th, 2013
Solar Irradiance Instrument Provides New Data on the Sun

Solar Irradiance Instrument Provides New Data on the Sun

The device helps experts figure out how space weather influences Earth

Sun Reveals Massive Convection Currents: Video

Sun Reveals Massive Convection Currents: Video

This is the first time these massive jet streams are identified

Solar System-like Star System Discovered Nearby

Solar System-like Star System Discovered Nearby

This is the closest match to our own system ever discovered

Comet ISON Is Dead, NASA Confirms – Video

Comet ISON Is Dead, NASA Confirms – Video

Hopes were high that it may have endured, but this was not the case

Comet ISON Probably Destroyed by the Sun

Comet ISON Probably Destroyed by the Sun

Astronomers cannot find any trace of it in the night sky

SOHO Images Comet ISON As It Nears the Sun

SOHO Images Comet ISON As It Nears the Sun

The comet will reach its perihelion later today, astronomers announce

How the Sun Destroys Comets from Within

How the Sun Destroys Comets from Within

Astronomers are anticipating such an event tomorrow

Comets ISON and Encke Captured in the Same Image

Comets ISON and Encke Captured in the Same Image

Multiple NASA spacecraft are tracking both across the night sky

Sun Produces Energetic Flare from Large Active Region

Sun Produces Energetic Flare from Large Active Region

The star is ramping up activity ahead of reaching solar maximum

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 13th, 2013
Magnetic Waves May Explain the Sun's Temperature Conundrum

Magnetic Waves May Explain the Sun's Temperature Conundrum

Two studies explain why the Sun's atmosphere is hotter than its surface

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 12th, 2013
The Sun Will Soon Flip Its Magnetic Poles

The Sun Will Soon Flip Its Magnetic Poles

The star does this once every 11 years, scientists say

 
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