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NASA's SDO Shows a Little 'Rain' on the Sun
Eruptive events on the sun
can be wildly different.
Some come just with a solar
flare, some with an
additional ejection of solar
material called a coronal
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New Evidence Indicates Auroras Occur Outside Our Solar System
Planetary scientists have
found new evidence
suggesting auroras –
similar to Earth’s
Aurora Borealis - occur on
bodies outside our solar
... > full story
New Sunspots Producing Space Weather
On Jan. 13, 2013, at 2:24
a.m. EST, the sun erupted
with an Earth-directed
coronal mass ejection or
CME. Not to be confused with
a solar flare, a CME is a
solar phenomenon that can
... > full story
First-Ever Hyperspectral Images of Earth's Auroras: New Camera Provides Tantalizing Clues of New Atmospheric Phenomenon
Hoping to expand our
understanding of auroras and
other fleeting atmospheric
events, a team of
space-weather researchers
... > full story
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NASA Sees Sun Emit a Mid-Level Flare
November 13, 2012 — On Nov. 13, 2012, the sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 9:04 pm EST. This flare is classified as an M6 flare. M-class flares are the weakest flares that can still cause some space ... > full story -
NASA Sees Active Region on the Sun Emit Another Flare
October 23, 2012 — The sun emitted a significant solar flare on Oct. 22, 2012, peaking at 11:17 pm EDT. The flare came from an active region on the left side of the sun that has been numbered AR 1598, which has already ... > full story -
Suomi NPP Satellite Sees Auroras Over North America
October 10, 2012 — Overnight on October 4-5, 2012, a mass of energetic particles from the atmosphere of the Sun were flung out into space, a phenomenon known as a coronal mass ejection. Three days later, the storm from ... > full story -
The Science Behind Those Eye-Popping Northern Lights
October 2, 2012 — Stormy weather on the sun drives the glistening aurorae in our clear night ... > full story -
Sun Unleashes a Wide, but Benign, Coronal Mass Ejection
September 29, 2012 — The sun erupted with a wide, Earth-directed coronal mass ejection on Sept. 27, 2012 at 10:25 p.m. ... > full story -
NASA's SDO Sees Massive Filament Erupt on Sun
September 4, 2012 — On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the sun's atmosphere, the corona, erupted out into space at 4:36 p.m. EDT. The coronal mass ejection, or CME, traveled ... > full story -
Solar Events Blocking Martian Satellite Signal Pinpointed
July 24, 2012 — In August of 2005, the Mars Express spacecraft was dutifully sending back data on the stratigraphy of the upper regions of the Martian crust when its signal kept getting interrupted. Scientists ... > full story -
NASA Sees Sun Send out Mid-Level Solar Flare
July 19, 2012 — A new image was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory on July 19, 2012 of an M7.7 class solar flare. The image represents light in the 131 Angstrom wavelength, which is particularly good for ... > full story -
Sun's Coronal Mass Ejection Results in Aurora Show on Earth
July 16, 2012 — Over the July 14-15, 2012 weekend and through the early morning of July 16, Earth experienced what's called a geomagnetic storm, which happens when the magnetic bubble around Earth, the ... > full story -
Sounds of Northern Lights Are Born Close to Ground
July 9, 2012 — For the first time, researchers have located where the sounds associated with the northern lights are created. The auroral sounds that have been described in folktales and by wilderness wanderers are ... > full story
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