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A circular storm as wide as five Earths was captured churning on the Sun's surface on Sept. 25, 2011, by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft. Time-lapsed multiple filter views are looped in this video.
Super-heated particles from the March 8th-10th solar storm produced an estimate 26 billion kilowatt-hours of energy. An X-class solar flare caused the Earth-directed solar storm.
An active day on the Sun, March 23, 2012, showcased a solar prominence on the upper western limb and a M1-class solar flare on the lower eastern limb.
The Slooh Space Camera in Alaska will host a live viewing of the northern lights.
A series of strong solar flares in March 2012 created stunning northern and southern lights.
The trigger for explosive solar flares may be found.
The technique of "sonifying" data could give scientists a new approach to data mining.
The sun spewed an M-class eruption Tuesday afternoon.
YouTube users have found a strange dark object tethered to the sun that they say is a refueling UFO spaceship. What is it?
The active sun cycle gave skywatchers a thrill on March 12, 2012 at Abisko National Park in Sweden. Chad Blakley captured the striking aurora borealis in its full glory.
Skywatchers at high latitudes should be alert for displays of the northern and southern lights.
Sunspot 1429 constantly changed over the nine days pointed toward Earth (March 4-12, 2012). NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory watched it wallop Earth with several solar storms. Will it still be active when it come around again?
The sun, which has been particularly active lately, unleashed another two big solar flares into space.
This week's solar flares have supercharged the northern and southern Lights.
The flares are coming from a sunspot seven times the size of Earth.
The space station's six astronauts should be safe from the copious radiation being released by the sun this week.
Space weather scientists are continuing to monitor the ongoing solar storm.
Sunspot group, AR11429, is at it again. When it first began its journey across the Earthward side of the Sun it released an M-class flare, an X-class flare and several more M flares, along with several CMEs.
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