NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a massive 'tornado' on the sun in multiple wavelengths. Unlike the Earth, ...

A massive solar tornado, big enough to swallow the Earth, was observed twirling across the surface of the "quiet" sun last week. Using a telescope made from second hand parts, including part of an old ...

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A new University of Michigan study offers one of the most detailed pictures so far of how violent sun storms spread across space — and occasionally, straight to our planet. With the help of ...

Over the last few years Digital Globe, one of Google Earth’s main sources of satellite imagery, has been holding a contest for the best satellite image of the year. The winning image for 2012 was of ...

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