NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captures sunspot AR3341 blast a powerful X1.1 solar flare. Credit: Space.com | footage ...

An M3-class solar flare that lasted about 3 hours created a massive coronal mass ejection. The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured the fireworks ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory caught a rare double eclipse, first when the Moon passed the Moon and then Earth followed ...

SDO has roughly two 'eclipse seasons' per year, and is currently in its 31st since the mission launched. It begain on July 10 ...

The explosion created a 250,000-mile-long, boiling trench of hot plasma and debris in the star’s outer atmosphere.

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) flew to its orbit aboard an Atlas V rocket, carrying instruments that scientists hoped would revolutionize observations of the Sun.

An artist's illustration of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, set to launch Feb. 9 to observe the sun. Credit: NASA/Goddard(NASA) Image 2 of 2 ...

The latest solar flare follows an M-class one, the second-highest on the scale, that occurred days earlier on June 15. It caused a shortwave radio blackout across North America, with a loss of signal ...

On Feb. 11, 2010, a sophisticated solar observatory was launched into space with a suite of instruments that would stare at the sun 24 hours a day, seven days a week. NASA's Solar Dynamics ...

The goal of the the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is to help us understand where the Sun's energy comes from, explore its inner workings, and learn more about how energy is stored and released ...

On Jan. 19, 2015, the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory obtained its 100 millionth image of the sun. In honor of the 100 millionth image, researchers working on the ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO for short, is slated for launch on Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.