The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) imaged a big solar flare this week : Science of the sun: NASA releases solar flare footage – BBC (includes video). And here are a couple more videos of solar activity from the SDO Youtube gallery: Caption: Powerful […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sunspotter is a Zooniverse citizen science project in which participants ” help to organize sunspot images in order of complexity to better understand and predict how the Sun’s magnetic activity affects us on Earth. The Sunspotter blog includes interesting items such as this Space […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Earth nearly got hit with a huge blast from the sun in July of 2012 that could have knocked out electrical systems for months or longer: Dodging the Trillion-Dollar Bullet – Citizens in Space Observations of an extreme storm in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The sun continued its resurgence in February: The Sun goes boom again! – Behind The Black Solar Cycle Update: Twin Peaks? – NASA Science === You can check out the state of the sun and space weather each day […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NASA’s SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) has a revamped website and great video with a music soundtrack displaying spectacular images of our home star: SDO is GO: Four Years of SDO and A New Look for our Website! – SDO Blog http://youtu.be/NAg4qXsk99c From the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bob Zimmerman reports on the January count of sunspots, which continued the recent spiking upward, and on the risks of jumping to conclusions too soon: The uncertainty of knowledge – Behind The Black
From the site of Lights Over Lapland | by Chad & Linnea Blakley comes this beautiful video: Auroras in Abisko National Park February 1st, 2014 from Lights Over Lapland on Vimeo.
I’ve posted occasionally (e.g. see here and here) about the tepid solar activity in what should be a period of awesomely explosive outbursts from our home star. The realization is starting to sink in that this will truly be a very minimal maximum in the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I scanned blogs of some of the space related citizen science projects at Zooniverse and turned up this items: Lunar Launches of 2013 – Moon Zoo - A review of recent lunar missions and a look at what is planned for the next […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The sun shook off some of its lethargy in December. Bob Zimmerman gives an update on the entry in the solar cycle data: Yippee! Solar scientists finally get it right – Behind The Black. === A big solar flare this […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bob Zimmerman gives the latest on the sun’s current mediocre performance in the solar cycle: An upbeat wimpy maximum holds on- Behind The Black
Evidence is growing that a part of the Comet ISON nucleus did in fact survive its close solar experience (see previous posting). Here is a report from NASA: Comet ISON May Have Survived Continuing a history of surprising behavior, material […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Comet ISON swung behind the Sun today. Initial reports were that it did not survive its close encounter with the big heat but others are now saying that there appears to be a small object that remains on the same […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a message today from Jon Saalbach, the creator of the site and app The Sun Live: The Sun Live is released today as an app for Windows 8.1, for Windows Phone 8 and available for other units as a web app. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bob Zimmerman gives an update on the state of the sun, which got more active last month, though still subdued compared to recent solar maximums : The sun goes boom! – Behind The Black. Be sure to check daily the latest […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The sun continues to ride on the mild side: Ramping down from solar maximum – Behind The Black === Check the HobbySpace Sun & Space Weather page for your daily solar fix.
The sun continues to stay in a mellow mood : The Sun That Did Not Roar – NYTimes.com. Be sure to check on the state of our home star and the local space weather by regularly visiting the HobbySpace Sun […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An announcement from NASA about Voyager 1: NASA Spacecraft Embarks on Historic Journey Into Interstellar Space PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft officially is the first human-made object to venture into interstellar space. The 36-year-old probe is about 12 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Alan Boyle collects some great aurora imagery: Glowing reports are coming in from the aurora zone – PhotoBlog Here is a video of aurora in Sweden: Faint Aurora by the Lake from P-M Hedén on Vimeo. Caption: The 27th of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The sun’s magnetic field’s polarity will flip soon, completing the 11 year cycle: The Sun’s Magnetic Field is about to Flip – NASA Science
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