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Two views of a solar flare

02.21.2011

Superimposing data from two spacecraft, SDO and SOHO, made it possible to observe the X2 flare of Feb. 15, 2011, as well as the faint edge of a "halo" coronal mass ejection.

  • image of the sun as seen in multiple wavelengths of light

    Multiwavelength Sun

    12.09.2011

    This composite image, captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory in multiple wavelengths almost simultaneously, reveals different temperatures and layers of the sun.

  • image of x7 flare on the sun

    Major solar flare blasts into space

    08.25.2011

    An X7 (major) solar flare, coronal wave and a coronal mass ejection (CME) erupted on Aug. 9, 2011.

  • photo of colorful aurora

    CME Causes Colorful Aurora

    10.01.2012

    An aurora in Whitehorse Yukon Canada that appeared in the sky in the early hours of Oct. 1, 2012 due to the effects of a coronal mass ejection (CME) that erupted from the sun three days earlier.

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