Another daring dive by the Sun, complete! 🛰️☀️✅ On Thursday, June 19, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 24th close approach to the Sun. The spacecraft matched its record distance of 3.8 million miles (about 6.2 million kilometers) from the solar surface — and a mind-melting top speed of 430,000 miles per hour (about 692,000 kilometers per hour). More: go.nasa.gov/44s8yHg | NASA Space Alerts

133 days on the sun ☀️ Newly released imagery from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) shows a 133-day time-lapse of solar activity from August to December of last year. The 59-minute video, just a portion of which is shown here, shows the sun’s corona, its outermost atmospheric layer. Learn more: https://on.natgeo.com/3kLSsnM | National Geographic TV

This incredible month-long timelapse footage of the Sun, captured recently by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, demonstrates just how active the Sun is now. Vast sunspot groups trap energy in the form of plasma (superheated gas) within magnetic fields; when these break, massive solar flares emit that energy into space. If Earthbound, the flares give rise to Aurora, which explains why there has been so much activity lately! | Go Stargazing

NASA released absolutely breathtaking high-res footage of the sun | NowThis

Watch the Sun unleash a flare that could fry radio signals. ESA’s Solar Orbiter has captured stunning high-resolution footage of a solar flare erupting from the Sun’s surface – revealing details in space and time like never before. This medium-sized “M-class” flare, filmed on September 30, 2024, unleashed a burst of radiation powerful enough to disrupt radio signals on Earth. Solar flares occur when twisted magnetic fields suddenly snap, releasing massive amounts of energy in just minutes. In th

Strong Solar Flare Erupts From Sun With Real NASA-Recorded Solar Sound #solarflare #sun #Space #astronomy | Space science

The sun unleashed an enormous #solarflare on Wednesday. #NASA cameras captured the remarkable eruption. It is being called the largest of the year so far. The flare was directed towards Earth, Space.com reported, and that meant that it caused a bit of trouble for earthlings. Radiation released by the flare caused a radio blackout, according to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center. Solar flares occur when magnetic energy that has built up in the solar atmosphere is suddenly released. Flares are