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After Solar Flare Sprays Earth With Charged Plasma, a Beautiful Aurora

Technology On Sunday, sunspot number 1092 emitted a C-class solar flare--not a large one, by solar flare standards. But NASA scientists were intrigued by what accompanied it--an… On Sunday, sunspot...

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Video: Solar Dynamics Observatory Captures its First Solar Eclipse

Technology Your mom probably told you not to stare directly at the sun, but images like this one are hard to ignore. Captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) back on October… Your mom...

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Video: SDO Observatory Captures Another Beautiful, Gigantic Solar Storm

Technology Last month’s solar storm was pretty stellar, but the massive flare that erupted from the sun yesterday put it to shame, lashing out from the solar surface in a beautiful… Last month’s solar...

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Observatory Captures a Violently Beautiful Solar Flare On Video

Technology Scientific observations often has to do with being in the right place at the right time, whether intentionally or not. In a stroke of good luck last Thursday the sun’s… Scientific...

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Video: SDO Captures a Sunspot Cluster Swimming Around On The Sun's Surface

Technology Sunspots aren’t static, and NASA has the amazing video footage to prove it. Captured in February, this clip taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows how sunspots… Sunspots aren’t...

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Video: This Morning There Was a Massive Solar Explosion

Technology Regular readers know that PopSci can’t get enough of huge explosions on the surface of the sun. That puts us in a pretty good place right now, considering the current solar… Regular readers...

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Video: This Morning's Solar Flare Was the Biggest Seen In Years

Technology It’s been a busy few days on the surface of the sun. A handful of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) last week sparked concerns of power grid and communications disruptions. And… It’s been a...

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Video: Ice Comet Lovejoy Survives Its Narrow Brush With the Sun

Technology Yesterday, comet fans were glued to their observatories as Lovejoy, a brave comet made of ice and dirt, headed on a collision course into the sun. The outcomes of these… Yesterday, comet...

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Video: Gigantic Solar Flare Will Wash Over the Earth This Morning

Science We love a good solar storm, and a pair of flares that erupted late Tuesday are just the latest in a string of activity from our awakening sun. The second-biggest flare yet… We love a good...

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Look What Our Sun Threw Up

Space A magnificent flare, with a magnitude of 6.7. Plus, see our favorite Sun pics ever A solar flare, in 4K video…

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