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Space Station Sails Across the Sun
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Space Station Sails Across the Sun

A NASA photographer captured the ISS as it passed directly between the Sun and Earth.

Published Jun 27, 2020

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Viewing the Transit of Venus from Space
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Viewing the Transit of Venus from Space

For the first time in history, and the last time for a century, astronauts captured images of the planetary transit as viewed from orbit.

Published Jun 7, 2012

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SOHO Still Having a Blast
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SOHO Still Having a Blast

Fifteen years ago this month, the European Space Agency and NASA launched SOHO, a satellite that fundamentally changed our understanding of the Sun and how it affects our planet.

Published Dec 7, 2010

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Prominence from the Solar Dynamics Observatory
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Prominence from the Solar Dynamics Observatory

NASA's newest sun-monitoring mission captures a detailed view of a prominence erupting on March 30, 2010.

Published Apr 22, 2010

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Massive Flare Erupts on Sun
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Massive Flare Erupts on Sun

Published Nov 6, 2003

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Cook’s View of the Transit of Venus
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Cook’s View of the Transit of Venus

A famous captain once spied the passage of a planet between Sun and Earth. You can, too.

Published Jun 3, 2012

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Total Eclipse of the Sun
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Total Eclipse of the Sun

Published Dec 6, 2002

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Sunspots at Solar Maximum and Minimum
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Sunspots at Solar Maximum and Minimum

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

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Looking Down on a Shooting Star
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Looking Down on a Shooting Star

Astronauts captured this unusual view of a Perseid meteor descending into Earth's atmosphere in August 2011.

Published Aug 17, 2011

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