Solar flares are gorgeous, but the delicate fiery loops that we’ve observed during humanity’s brief study of the sun are nothing compared to what other, similar stars are up to.
Continue reading UNDER THE RIGHT CONDITIONS OUR SUN COULD PRODUCE AN ENORMOUS SUPERFLARE
The U.S. government is getting more serious about dealing with the dangers posed by powerful sun storms.
On Thursday (Oct. 29), the White House released two documents that together lay out the nation’s official plan for mitigating the negative impacts of solar flaresand other types of “space weather,” which have the potential to wreak havoc on power grids and other key infrastructure
here on Earth.
Continue reading The Active Sun: US Unveils Plan to Deal with Space Weather
Sit back, relax, and look straight at the sun just this once.
Continue reading Be Mesmerized by the Shifting Complexity of our Sun
A rather massive coronal hole was recently spotted on the Sun by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. The region—the size of 50 Earths—is spewing material into space at tremendous speeds. It may look terrifying, but astronomers say it’s nothing to worry about.
Recent headlines are warning that the Earth will enter into a “mini ice age” in about 20 years because the sun is heading towards a period of very low output. Here’s why this scenario is extremely unlikely.
Michael König’s Sun is a spectacular time lapse compilation of our star from the Solar Dynamics Observatory from 2011 to 2015. It includes fantastic clips of solar activity, coronal rain, plasma eruptions, planet flybys, eclipses and more in jaw dropping clarity that you feel like it’s alive, in an omnipotent God-like burning orb sort of way.
Continue reading This time lapse of the Sun is just jaw dropping
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