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
A solar flare and coronal mass ejection in mid-July 2012 raised the possibility of geomagnetic storms and auroras.
Published Jul 14, 2012
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
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
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 NASA photographer captured the ISS as it passed directly between the Sun and Earth.
Published Jun 27, 2020
On January 23, 2012, satellites observed the most powerful solar radiation storm since 2005.
Published Jan 24, 2012
