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Solar Dynamics Observatory
The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a NASA mission launched in 2010 to observe the Sun. It provides high-resolution images of the Sun's atmosphere, helping scientists understand solar variability and its impact on Earth.
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Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun
16/03/2025
Solar X Flare as Famous Active Region Returns
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28/05/2024
A Solar Filament Erupts
26/05/2024
Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun
06/03/2022
The Sun in X-rays from NuSTAR
23/11/2021
Solar Cycle 25 Has Begun
17/09/2020
The Sun Rotating
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19/08/2020
Mercury Crosses a Quiet Sun
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02/12/2019
A Mercury Transit Music Video from SDO
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21/10/2019
A Solar Filament Erupts
16/09/2018
The Sun Unleashed: Monster Filament in Ultraviolet
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09/04/2018
Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun
04/02/2018
Layers of a Total Solar Eclipse
27/09/2017
Flare Well AR2673
14/09/2017
A Huge Solar Filament Erupts
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31/07/2016
A Mercury Transit Music Video from SDO
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11/05/2016
An Extremely Long Filament on the Sun
10/02/2015
The Sun in X-rays from NuSTAR
29/12/2014
Solar Flare from a Sharper Sun
22/11/2014
A Solar Filament Erupts
20/07/2014
The Sun Rotating
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12/03/2014
SDO's Multiwavelength Sun
21/12/2013
Venus and the Triply Ultraviolet Sun
20/08/2013
Four X-class Flares
16/05/2013
A Year on the Sun
26/04/2013
Sun with Solar Flare
13/04/2013
A Solar Filament Erupts
17/09/2012
A Venus Transit Music Video from SDO
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11/06/2012
Live: Watching for Venus to Cross the Sun
05/06/2012
Comet Lovejoy: Sungrazing Survivor
17/12/2011