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A wall of fire rains down on to the sun's surface

A once-in-a-lifetime view of the sun's 'solar maximum' is coming April 8th

By Jamie Carter published

With the solar cycle set to peak earlier than predicted, the sun's corona should look its spectacular spiky best for April 8's total solar eclipse.

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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare — as seen in the bright flash on the top right — on Oct. 2, 2022. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and which is colorized in orange.

The sun may be smaller than we thought

By Stephanie Pappas published

New calculations suggest the sun is a few fractions of a percent smaller than previously estimated, and that could change how we study it.

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Upper row: Radio images of the 2023 Oct. 14 solar eclipse observed by the Long Wavelength Array at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory Bottom row: Schematic representation of what visible images of the eclipse looked like at the same time.

Space photo of the week: A radio 'ring of fire' shows a solar eclipse as never seen before

By Jamie Carter published

Radio astronomers in California imaged the sun's scorching hot corona for the first time ever during a partial solar eclipse on Oct. 14.

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Screenshot of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellites GOES-East and GOES-West watched as the shadow of the moon darkened the surface of Earth.

See the entire 'ring of fire' eclipse in 4 seconds in stunning satellite videos

By Robert Lea published

The NOAA satellites GOES-East and GOES-West watched as the shadow of the moon darkened the surface of Earth on Saturday, Oct. 14.

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Photos of an annular total solar eclipse (left) and a total solar eclipse (right). Note that the annular eclipse is shown with a dark background, as it is only safe to view with protection – you can see how a small portion of the Sun is still visible as the ring around the Moon. On the right, you can see the Sun’s wispy corona, visible only during totality itself, when the Moon completely – or totally - hides the Sun from view.

NASA will fire 3 rockets directly at the solar eclipse on Saturday. Here's why.

By Brandon Specktor published

NASA researchers plan to launch three rockets carrying scientific instruments toward the moon's shadow on Oct. 14, to study changes in the atmosphere brought about by the annular solar eclipse.

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Bright red and yellow colors of the annular solar eclipse occurs on January 15, 2010 in Qingdao, Shandong Province of China.

Exactly where and when to see the 'ring of fire' solar eclipse this weekend

By Jamie Carter published

A partial solar eclipse will be visible across most of the Americas on Oct. 14, with a rare 'ring of fire' annular eclipse visible in nine states.

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A gold-tinted disco ball reflecting light onto a gold ceiling

Astronomers want you to watch the Oct. 14 'ring of fire' eclipse with a disco ball. No, seriously.

By Brandon Specktor published

You can't stare at the sun, so how do you watch an eclipse? By reflecting it off of a disco ball, a team of astronomers suggests.

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A bright orange sunset sky shows the 2012 annular eclipse with the shadow of a windmill.

'Ring of fire' solar eclipse 2023: How to watch in-person (and virtually)

By Jamie Carter published

On Oct. 14, an epic 'ring of fire' annular solar eclipse will swoop across North America, providing once-in-a-lifetime views for several states. Here’s how to watch, no matter where you are.

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Solar eclipse image with the sun's corona glowing behind like wispy smoke

Photographers capture the exact moment a gargantuan storm blasts out of the sun during a total solar eclipse

By Harry Baker published

A stunning composite image of the sun during a recent 'hybrid eclipse' in Australia is further proof that solar activity is ramping up.

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A "diamond ring" heralded the beginning of totality.

I watched the moon 'take a bite of the sun' in a rare hybrid solar eclipse last week. Here's what I saw from Australia.

By Jamie Carter published

From my viewpoint in the Exmouth Gulf of Western Australia, the solar eclipse's totality brought a colossal corona and a dramatic drifting diamond ring.

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