In December 2011, comet Lovejoy dove through the sun’s corona. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured images offering scientists a unique opportunity to observe the phenomenon. Comet tails have ionized gases which are affected by the sun’s magnetic field, and a comet’s encounter with the sun is a treat for heliophysicits to continue their study of […]
Comet Grazing the Sun
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Sounds of The Sun
Welcome! Listen to the sounds of that the sun makes The images in this video were taken by NASA’s Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA), and the sounds were recorded by NASA’s SOHO satellite, “The Sun is like a huge musical instrument. It rings like a bell, and vibrates like an organ pipe. Just like […]
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Bigger than the Sun and Coming Our Way!
I came across this commentary video put together by David Vose at Youtube, using images from comet ISON perihelion which is very interesting. David points out that comet ISON is bigger than the sun and is coming our way! He calls our attention to some peculiar points about comet ISON that I had not considered […]