08 April 2019
Rain on the Sun links long-standing solar mysteries
... challenging though. However, after months of searching through years worth of data taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, Emily Mason, a solar scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center stumbled upon a breakthrough; the rain was...
May 2021
Forecasting space-weather effects on Earth
... intervals sending electromagnetic particles towards Earth. This eruption, on 31 August 2012, captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), lasted for over 12 hours. Magnetic navigation We are fortunate to have a magnetic field that surrounds...
February 2016
Defending Earth against cosmic hazards
.... A long filament erupted on the Sun on 31 August 2012 and was imaged by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Earth is a constantly bombarded not just by solar radiation but by cosmic radiation originating from the nuclear reactions in stars, from...
