Current Observations
Lovejoy’s Last Day – Unprecedented Multi-spacecraft Observations of a Comet’s Demise (Surprise filled update 12/16/2011)
UPDATE: Lovejoy survived despite most predictions to the contrary! Check the videos...
Space Weather This Week: 10/27/2011 – 11/02/2011
Solar Activity Solar activity was at low to moderate levels, with occurrences of...
» Read More Posts From Current Observations
Historical Sun
Happy 5th STEREO!
A spectacular filament eruption from June 7, 2011 captured by the...
The Space Shuttle’s Importance to Solar Physics
The Shuttle Atlantis launch with the Compton Gamma-ray Observatory With the...
» Read More Posts From Historical Sun
Sun 101
Do solar flares cause earthquakes?
We have been getting a number of questions and comments lately regarding the possible relationship between solar activity and geological activity, such as earthquakes and volcanoes, so I have decided to look into the matter in more detail. First let us pose the science question we wish to answer: do solar flares cause earthquakes? Note that this... [Read more of this post]
How Big is the Sun?
The Sun represented as a basketball to show the scale of the Sun and the planets relative to each other. (credit: Courtesy of SOHO) The Sun is really really big! It is difficult to get a true feel for how big it is because nothing in our daily life comes even close. But we can use objects that we are familiar with to provide us with a scale that can... [Read more of this post]
» Read More Posts From Sun 101
