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Independence Day Solar Fireworks
Independence Day Solar Fireworks

This image, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory, shows the M5.3 class solar flare that peaked on July 4, 2012,…

Sunspot 1515 Release M6.1 Solar Flare
Sunspot 1515 Release M6.1 Solar Flare

Huge sunspot AR1515 has released another M-class flare this morning. At 7:39am EDT the active region released an M6.1 class…

Independence Day Fireworks
Independence Day Fireworks

This image shows four separate images of the M5.3 class flare from the morning of July 4, 2012. In clockwise…

Enormous Saturn
Enormous Saturn

Compared to the gas giant, the two moons shown on either side of Saturn seem particularly small in this Cassini…

STS-122 Heads to the Pad: A Tribute to Alan Poindexter
STS-122 Heads to the Pad: A Tribute to Alan Poindexter

In this image from December 2008, the STS-122 mission crew members stride out of the Operations and Checkout Building, eager…

Independence Day at NASA Dryden – July 4, 1982
Independence Day at NASA Dryden – July 4, 1982

EC82-20220 President Ronald Reagan addresses more than 45,000 people gathered on the back ramp at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center…

Independence Day at NASA Dryden – July 4, 1982
Independence Day at NASA Dryden – July 4, 1982

EC82-20211 President Ronald Reagan chats with NASA astronauts Henry Hartsfield and Thomas Mattingly on the runway as first lady Nancy…

Pre-July 4 Fireworks From the Sun
Pre-July 4 Fireworks From the Sun

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured this M5.6 class solar flare on July 2, 2012 at 6:52am EDT. It was…

X Marks the Spot for Magnetic Reconnection
X Marks the Spot for Magnetic Reconnection

X marks the spot of magnetic reconnection, creating portals where the solar wind can enter Earth’s magnetic field.

Solar Chromosphere
Solar Chromosphere

Hinode captured these very dynamic pictures of our sun’s chromosphere on Jan. 12, 2007.