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
After months of quiet, the Sun burst in to activity in late October and early November 2013.
Published Nov 7, 2013
For the first time in history, the world has a full view of the far side of the Sun and of the entire 360-degree sphere at once.
Published Feb 17, 2011
A solar flare and coronal mass ejection in mid-July 2012 raised the possibility of geomagnetic storms and auroras.
Published Jul 14, 2012
From space, the aurora is a crown of light that circles each of Earth’s poles. The IMAGE satellite captured this view of the aurora australis four days after a record-setting solar flare sent plasma flying towards the Earth.
Published Jan 25, 2006
A flare bursts from the Sun in this detailed image taken on August 1, 2010, by the STEREO Ahead telescope.
Published Aug 7, 2010
Solar storms smacked into Earth’s magnetic field and provoked auroras over the southern and northern hemisphere just after the summer solstice.
Published Jun 28, 2015
NASA’s twin STEREO spacecraft spy a solar prominence from two angles.
Published Nov 21, 2012
