Tagged: sun

UFO “shot” a huge laser beam at the sun

An unusual phenomenon was captured by the camera of the orbiting telescope at the time of observation of the Sun. The photograph shows a bright object, from which a bright beam of light emanates and is directed towards our luminary. Ufologists believe that the object...

Another solar temper tantrum sends a strong X-class flare toward Earth

Will auroras follow? Aurora watchers, it’s your lucky month. For the second time in days, the sun hurled a large, X-class flare at Earth overnight Tuesday (April 19) and Wednesday (April 20), reportedly causing radio blackouts in Australia, the Western Pacific and eastern Asia. SpaceWeather.com...

Sun sets above Jezero Crater

The Left Navigation Camera (Navcam) of the NASA Perseverance rover captured this image of a late afternoon sun above Jezero Crater at 15:38 pm on May 17, the rover’s 85th sol on Mars. Sol, a Martian day, is about 40 minutes longer than a day...

Sunrise adds more magic to solar eclipse

The giant crescent of the sun rising during the partial solar eclipse today, June 10, photographed by Samuel Smith from Middletown, Delaware, the U.S.. Observers on the U.S. West Coast couldn’t see the full annular eclipse, a type of eclipse that occurs when the moon...

A New Method For Predicting Large Solar Flares

This past summer, solar physicist Kanya Kusano of Japan, and his colleagues, published a new paper in the prestigious journal Science, outlining a new method for predicting potentially dangerous solar flares. The method isn’t perfect; tests using solar observations acquired in 2008 to 2019 resulted...

What Are Sun Pillars Or Light Pillars?

Sun pillars are beams of light that extend vertically upward (or downward) from a bright light source, such as the sun or another bright light low on the horizon. They can be 5 to 10 degrees tall and sometimes even higher. They might lengthen or...

SDO Spies Its 1st Lunar Transit Of 2021

NASA’s hard-working Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured this image – its first lunar transit of 2021 – on January 13. This isn’t an eclipse in the ordinary sense; no eclipse was seen from Earth’s surface. But, in its inclined circular orbit 23,000 miles (37,000 km)...

Check Out These New Sun Science Stamps!

Whether you’re a stamp collector, or just someone who wants to add some dazzle to your mail, here’s some good news for you: The United States Postal Service announced on January 15, 2021, that they’ll be releasing a series of Sun Science forever stamps highlighting...