Ever since the beginning of the Space Age, the inner planets and the Earth-Moon system have received the lion’s share of attention. That makes sense; it’s a whole lot easier to get to the Moon, or ...

Solar flares, powerful bursts of radiation from the sun, are often preceded by a pre-flare spark, scientists have discovered. The finding could lead to better predictions of solar storms, which can ...

Operations have resumed at the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) following the flood at its data center in late 2024. In a January 7 update from the Joint Science Operations Center (JSOC) at ...

They can put a man on the Moon - but back on Earth, a busted water pipe managed to knock out NASA's solar mission data for ...

On February 11, 2010, NASA launched an unprecedented solar observatory into space. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) flew to its orbit aboard an Atlas V rocket, carrying instruments that ...

For the last five years, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has trained its gaze on the Earth-facing side of the sun, studying its eruptions. To do this, the SDO, a semi-autonomous spacecraft ...

Early in the morning of Sept. 1, 2016, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, caught both Earth and the moon crossing in front of the sun. SDO keeps a constant eye on the sun, but during SDO's ...

Early in the morning of Sept. 1, 2016, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, caught both Earth and the moon crossing in front of the sun. SDO keeps a constant eye on the sun, but during SDO’s ...