Tag Archives: Sun

The Sun

Posted on July 24, 2014 by PlatoHagel

24 July 2014 – Mission Day: 6810 – DOY: 205 “Courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams.” *** Spun and Confused Published on Jul 21, 2014 A long arch of plasma (called a prominence) was pulled … Continue reading →

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Puffing in Large Scale Interactions

Posted on June 29, 2014 by PlatoHagel

This combination of three wavelengths of light from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows one of the multiple jets that led to a series of slow coronal puffs on Jan. 17, 2013. The light has been colorized in red, green and … Continue reading →

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BICEP2 Observatory in Antarctica

Posted on March 17, 2014 by PlatoHagel

Cosmic searches at the South Pole. The BICEP-2 Telescope is the up-facing dish at right. The larger white dish is the South Pole Telescope (SPT), and the building is the Dark Sector Laboratory. Both experiments observe in the millimeter-submillimeter part … Continue reading →

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Wavelength Views of the Sun

Posted on December 18, 2013 by PlatoHagel

This movie, created by NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., shows how features of the sun can appear dramatically different when viewed in different wavelengths. Image Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Telescopes … Continue reading →

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NASA | First X-Class Solar Flares of 2013

Posted on July 4, 2013 by PlatoHagel

Published on May 13, 2013 On May 12-13 the sun erupted with an X1.7-class and an X2.8-class flare as well as two coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, off the upper left side of the sun. Solar material also danced and … Continue reading →

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Iris-Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph

Posted on June 25, 2013 by PlatoHagel

This graphic shows the IRIS observatory with the solar arrays removed. The orange section to the left is the spacecraft bus which includes the spacecraft support structure, the command and data handling system, power distribution system, reaction wheels, X- and … Continue reading →

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NASA operates a system observatory of Heliophysics missions

Posted on May 2, 2013 by PlatoHagel

The Heliophysics System Observatory (HSO) showing current operating missions, missions in development, and missions under study. Credit: NASA NASA operates a system observatory of Heliophysics missions, utilizing the entire fleet of solar, heliospheric, and geospace spacecraft to discover the processes … Continue reading →

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Loop Production on the Sun

Posted on February 20, 2013 by PlatoHagel

On July 19, 2012, an eruption occurred on the sun that produced a moderately powerful solar flare and a dazzling magnetic display known as coronal rain. Hot plasma in the corona cooled and condensed along strong magnetic fields in the … Continue reading →

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Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP)

Posted on August 26, 2012 by PlatoHagel

The launch of an Atlas V carrying NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) payload was scrubbed today due to weather conditions associated with lightning, as well as cumulus and anvil clouds. With the unfavorable weather forecast as a result of … Continue reading →

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EO: Earth Observatory

Posted on July 14, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Twelve years after the Earth was buffeted by one of the more potent Sun storms in modern history, our nearest star crackled with activity again. A solar flare erupted on July 12, 2012, followed closely by a companion coronal mass … Continue reading →

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