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Astronauts have taken stunning video of the light shows.
The sun seems constant, but it boils constantly with virulent activity.
The sun erupted on March 2, 2012 producing an M3 flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) were on hand to observe the fireworks that may cause auroras to light up the northern skies.
The sun erupted on March 2, 2012 producing an M3 flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) were on hand to observe the fireworks that may cause auroras to light up the northern skies.
The International Space Station has a unique view of geomagnetic storms as it flys above the green and through the purple and red lights produced by oxygen atoms in various states of excitation. The science behind the phenomenon is examined.
In theory, we could visit the sun. But the trip is long — about 93 million miles one way.
Four of the eruptions came within a 24-hour period.
Scientists think they know how the electrons that cause Earth's auroras get moving so fast.
See amazing views of auroras, galaxies, rocket launches and more in our top space photos for the week of Feb. 25, 2012.
This mind-bending look at our day and night sky – including some auroras – was cut together by Randy Halverson (Dakotalapse.com). The score was composed by Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, Eureka, etc.).
Skywatcher Shawn Malone snapped some stunning views of a weekend northern lights show on Feb. 18.
Don't miss some of the best photos of auroras taken in February 2012.
NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory had a fantastic birds eye view of a solar eruption and ensuing coronal mass ejection which began on February 9th, 2012. A filament was released from the Sun's surface in a violent whipping motion.
The NASA-funded mission seeks to understand how Earth's auroras can affect GPS satellites and other spacecraft.
Sun tornadoes are twisted by powerful magnetic forces on the solar surface.
Scientists don't completely understand what sparked this week's northern lights display.
The project is part of public-outreach effort called AuroraMAX.
The home of the largest X-flare in years, known as AR1402, has completed its transit around the far side of the Sun and is now Earth-facing again. It has been re-numbered - AR1419 - and is still producing B and C class flares.
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