the Sun

  • Huge explosion on the sun captured on video.

    June 9, 2011
    This video shows a huge explosion on the Sun, estimated in size at be over a million km across. The light from the explosion was ultraviolet – invisible to the naked eye – but thanks to the miracles of modern technology it has been colored orange for our viewing...

  • Solar eclipse as seen from space

    January 16, 2011
    In case you didn’t know, there was a solar eclipse on January 4th and Japan’s Hinode x-ray telescope satellite (which was set up to study the Sun’s magnetic fields) was in prime position to capture one of the best eclipse photographs that I have ever seen. [National Geographic via...