On January 4, 2008, the new sunspot—about the width of the Earth, but small by Sun standards—appeared in the Sun’s Northern Hemisphere, with its north magnetic pole (red area) pointing to the right and its south magnetic pole (blue) pointing to the left.
Published Jan 17, 2008
The Sun has been at a lull when many were expecting fierce storms and incessant sunspot activity. Could this be a double-peaked maximum?
Published Mar 6, 2013
This pair of images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft shows sunspots and ultraviolet light emitted by the Sun on April 29, 2009.
Published May 1, 2009
Our Sun experienced fewer sunspots in 2008 than it had since the 1957 launch of Sputnik. As of Sun-Earth Day on March 20, 2009, the Sun was continuing its quiet pattern.
Published Mar 20, 2009
NASA's newest sun-monitoring mission captures a detailed view of a prominence erupting on March 30, 2010.
Published Apr 22, 2010
A flare bursts from the Sun in this detailed image taken on August 1, 2010, by the STEREO Ahead telescope.
Published Aug 7, 2010
Fiery arcs rise above an active region on the surface of the Sun in this pair of images of a coronal mass ejection on January 27, 2010.
Published Feb 13, 2010
