Loss of Contact with STEREO Behind “Communications with the STEREO Behind spacecraft were interrupted on October 1, 2014 immediately after a planned reset of the spacecraft performed as part of […]
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Comet ISON Heads Toward the Sun (Update)
Comet ISON May or May Not Still Exist “Comet ISON went around the sun on Nov. 28, 2013. Several solar observatories watched the comet throughout this closest approach to the […]
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IRIS First Light
New NASA Telescope Offers a First Glimpse of the Sun’s Mysterious Atmosphere [Watch], NASA “NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft has captured its first observations of a region of […]
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Space Station Changes Attitude
Space Station Changes its Position for Solar Science, NASA “The sun lightens our world and enlightens our scientists as they look to our closest star for a better understanding of […]
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Unprecedented View of the Sun
The Highest Resolution Image of the Sun’s Surface Ever Obtained in Visible Light “The 1.6-meter aperture New Solar Telescope (NST) at Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO), has captured the highest […]
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Bad Space Weather Ahead (Update)
NOAA SEC Space Weather Bulletin #11- 1: Geomagnetic Storm Expected “NOAA Region 1261, very active over the past few days, produced the third of a sequence of Coronal Mass Ejections […]
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Taking Solar Storms Seriously
NASA Tamps Down Massive Solar Flare Impact Hype, PC World “While some of the coverage of the massive Valentine’s Day solar flare made it sound like the world was coming […]
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Impressive Video of Large Solar Flare
Videos: Large Solar Flare and CME As Seen by the Solar Dynamics Observatory “This clip of the large X2 flare (Feb. 15, 2011) seen by Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) in […]
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Coronal Mass Ejection Heading Toward Earth (With Video)
Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 1 August 2010 “Region 1092 (N13E21) produced a long-duration C3/Sf flare at 01/0826Z. The flare was associated with a Type IV radio […]