On February 11, 2010, NASA launched a spacecraft to study the inner workings of the sun. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series ...

The first mission in NASA's Living With a Star program, a slate of projects focused around understanding solar variability, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) launched Feb. 11, 2010. The spacecraft ...

This Feb. 4, 2026, image from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captures a strong solar flare erupting from the star.

Watch this one-week time-lapse of the coronal hole in the Sun's atmosphere from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. Amazing One-Week Time-Lapse Capturing A Gigantic Coronal Hole On Sun Via NASA's Solar ...

Northern lights occur when a solar flare interacts with Earth's atmosphere.

Sun Region 4366 has produced dozens of solar flares since Jan. 30, "putting on quite a show," says Slooh President and ...

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., at the very beginning of its hour-long launch window at 10:23 a.m. EST Feb. 11, kicking off a planned ...

Space scientists have announced that the Sun has fired four massive solar flares. The outbursts were captured by NASA’s Solar ...

Sun solar flares disrupted parts of Earth this week after a highly active sunspot unleashed the strongest eruptions seen so ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory views our sun in 10 different wavelengths because each wavelength reveals different solar features. This Sept. 21, 2018, view of the sun uses two selected images ...