Hot Shots from SOHO
Solar conveyor belt speeds up
What is the origin of the 11-year solar magnetic cycle? The late onset of the new solar cycle and the unusually deep minimum between cycles 23 and 24 took all experts by surprise, which suggests that there is a fundamental lack in our understanding of the origin of the solar activity cycle...
Pick of the Week
Arching Solar Prominence (Sep 03, 2010)
NASA’s STEREO (Ahead) spacecraft watched as an eruptive prominence rose up and arched out in a horseshoe shape far above the Sun’s surface...
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OUTREACH SPOTLIGHT
Solar Equation
Solar Equation is a large-scale public art installation that consists of a faithful simulation of the Sun (100 million times smaller than the real thing) that made its opening debut on...
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At 14:33 UT |
| Speed: 361 km/s | |
| Density: 8.71 p/cm3 | |
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