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09 July 2010
July 11 Total Eclipse Among the Mysterious Moai
A group of astronomers are now on the mysterious Easter Island, one of the few solid places to stand on Earth where a total solar eclipse will be visible on July 11, 2010. The majority of the eclipse's path is over the ocean, so this will be one of the least observed eclipses ever. "This [...]
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21 May 2010
New Weekly Sun Fix: SDO's Pick of the Week
Images and data are starting to roll in from the Solar Dynamics Observatory, and the images are nothing short of stunning. So, the SDO website has started a couple of new image gallery features, which will provide a "best of" weekly fix without overloading your Sun senses (and no sunscreen needed!) The first [...]
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21 April 2010
SDO Wows With 'First Light' Images, Videos
NASA's newest solar satellite is officially open for business and all we can say is, "Wow!" The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) released its "first light' images on Wednesday, showing incredible views of the sun, with extreme close-ups, never-before-seen detail of material streaming outward and away from sunspots and high-resolution looks at solar flares across a [...]
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13 April 2010
Our Sun Gets Active!
The Sun erupted with one of the biggest prominences in years. This shot from the SOHO spacecraft on April 13, 2020 at 13:13 UT shows a Coronal Mass Ejection from the Sun's northeastern limb. The massive plasma-filled structure rose up and burst during a ~2 hour period around 0900 UT. Emily Lakdawalla [...]
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24 March 2010
SDO On Station Transmitting First Data as Solar Science Payloads Open Today
SDO/EVE Maps the Van Allen Radiation Belts (Video to be added) Video Caption: EVE rediscovered the Van Allen Radiation Belt. These EVE data highlight where the energetic protons are in the inner Van Allen radiation belt. The red dots indicate the highest concentration of protons (lower altitude), and the blue-violet dots represents very little detection [...]
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24 February 2010
New Citizen Science Opportunity: Solar Storm Watch
Sun-worshiper alert! Now you can have the chance to help scientists spot and track solar storms and be involved in the latest solar research. The 'hottest' new Citizen Science project from the "Zooniverse" is Solar Storm Watch. Volunteers can spot storms and track their progress as they hurtle across space towards [...]
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20 February 2010
ESA's Tough Choice: Dark Matter, Sun Close Flyby, Exoplanets (Pick Two)
Key questions relevant to fundamental physics and cosmology, namely the nature of the mysterious dark energy and dark matter (Euclid); the frequency of exoplanets around other stars, including Earth-analogs (PLATO); take the closest look at our Sun yet possible, approaching to just 62 solar radii (Solar Orbiter) … but only two! What would be your [...]
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11 February 2010
The Solar Dynamics Observatory Soars to Study the Sun
The Solar Dynamics Observatory launched successfully – and beautifully – Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 41 to begin a 5-year mission that will provide streaming, high-definition views of our sun. It was the 100th launch of the Atlas/Centaur combo, and was a gorgeous sight as it roared and soared into the blue [...]
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10 February 2010
SDO Launch Scrub; Try Again Tomorrow
Note: Nancy Atkinson is at Kennedy Space Center to cover SDO and the STS-130 shuttle mission Scrub! High winds kept the Solar Dynamics Observatory on the ground for today, but the launch team will try again Thursday (Feb. 11) at 10:26 a.m. EST (15:26 GMT). Weather is 60% go for tomorrow, and winds will be [...]
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10 February 2010
NASA Sun Probe rolled to Pad; 10 hours to Blast off
(Editor’s Note: Ken Kremer is in Florida for Universe Today covering the launch of SDO and Endeavour.) NASA’s nearly $1 Billion hi tech sun probe, the Solar Dynamics Observatory or SDO, was rolled out today (Feb 9) to Launch Pad 41 on a rainy day here in Florida at 1 day from blast off. [...]
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29 January 2010
NASA’s Solar Crown Jewel Bolted atop Atlas Rocket
The “Crown Jewel” of NASA’s solar science research fleet, the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, was transported from the Astrotech payload processing facility outside KSC to the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) at Launch Complex 41 in the overnight hours of Jan 26. It’s standard operating procedure to transport such highly valuable payloads after midnight, when [...]
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29 January 2010
The Solar Dynamics Observatory in 3.5 Minutes
This great new video (just uploaded today!) does a great job of explaining the upcoming Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) mission, which is slated to launch on Feb. 9, 2010. SDO will provide a new eye on the sun that will deliver solar images with 10 times better resolution than high-definition television. This mission will [...]
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23 January 2010
NASA advanced Solar Observatory nearing February launch; will send IMAX like movies daily
NASA’s new solar science satellite, dubbed the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, moved an important step closer to launch when it was encapsulated inside its two piece payload fairing on Thursday (Jan 21) at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility nearby to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). SDO is the most sophisticated spacecraft ever designed [...]
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22 January 2010
Cluster Satellite Detects Rifts in Earth's Magnetic Field
While Earth's magnetic field protects our planet from most of the permanent flow of particles from the solar wind, rifts or fissures in natural shield are known to occur, enabling the solar wind to penetrate our near-space environment. An ESA satellite cluster called, appropriately, Cluster has provided new insight into the location and duration of [...]
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21 January 2010
Solar Flares Can Now Be Predicted More Accurately
We all like to know in advance what the weather is going to be like, and space weather is no different. However, predicting solar storms from the sun — which can disrupt satellites and even ground-based technologies — has been difficult. But now scientists say magnetic loops breaking inside the sun provide [...]
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