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 captured sunspot AR3386 blast a long-duration X1.6-class solar flare. See at time-lapse of the flare in multiple wavelengths. Credit Space.com | footage courtesy: NAS ...

NASA ANNOUNCES POTENTIALLY HABITABLE ‘SUPER-EARTH’ ONLY 137 LIGHT-YEARS AWAY NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a picture of a massive solar flare on Friday. (NASA/SDO) ...

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

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 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 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 ...

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.

Using an instrument on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, called the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager, or HMI, scientists have overturned previous notions of how the sun's writhing insides move ...