Astronomy Picture of the Day - 2010 May 10

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Large Eruptive Prominence Movie from SDO
Credit: NASA/Goddard/SDO AIA Team


Explanation: Sometimes part of the Sun can just explode into space. These explosions might occur as powerful solar flares, coronal mass ejections, or comparatively tame eruptive solar prominences. Pictured above is one of the largest solar prominence eruptions yet observed, one associated with a subsequent coronal mass ejection. The prominence erupted last month and was recorded by several Sun-sensing instruments, including the recently launched Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). The above time lapse sequence was captured by SDO and occurred over a few hours. In recent months, our Sun has becoming increasingly active, following a few years of an unusually dormant solar minimum. Over the next few years our Sun is expected to reach solar maximum and exhibit a dramatic increase in sunspots and all types of solar explosions.

Astronomy Picture of the Day - 2010 April 23

The March 30, 2010 solar prominence seen by SDO is the Astronomy Picture of the Day for 2010 April 23.
SDO: The Extreme Ultraviolet Sun

SDO Day 72: First Light Data is Released

The principal investigators of the SDO science investigation teams, Philip Scherrer (HMI), Alan Title (AIA), and Tom Woods (EVE) joined Dean Pesnell and Lika Guharthakurta in an SDO First Light press conference yesterday at the Newseum in Washington, DC. The announcement has garnered a lot of press and many examples of those few solar events that saw fit to appear between March 30 and April 8 are now available. Here is an example from March 30, 2010, just after the AIA CCDs were allowed to cool. Such a lovely prominence eruption at 10 o'clock!

Congratulations to the SDO team members around the world for getting us to the beginning of the science mission.

SDO First Light news coverage

Here are some recent news articles written about SDO's First Light:

1. CNN - NASA unveils new images of the sun
   
   



2. 
   Popular Science - NASA Reveals Solar Dynamics Observatory's First Fiery Images
   
   



3. Space.com - 'Spectacular' First Images from New Solar Observatory Released



4. Wired - New Space Telescope Delivers First Mind-Blowing Video of the Sun



5. BBC News - Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory returns first images



6. KOLD News - New solar satellite now live, online



7. CBC News - NASA shows 1st images from solar observatory



8. Discovery News - Diving Deep into a Solar Prominence (SDO First Light) : Big Pic



9. 9 News Colorado - NASA shows 1st images from solar observatory



10. NASA Science News - First Light for the Solar Dynamics Observatory



11. Fox News - NASA Releases Stunning Images of the Sun



12. CBS News - NASA Solar Observatory Shines Spotlight on Sun



13. ABC News - NASA Shows 1st Images From Solar Observatory



14. National Geographic Pictures



15. Information Week - First HD Images Of The Sun Captured



16. MSNBC - 'Spectacular' sights come from solar probe



17. New Scientist - 'Rings of fire' erupt from sun in NASA probe's first videos



18. Scientific American - NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory producing sun science that doubles as eye candy



19. 20 Minuten Online - Hautnah an der Sonne



20. Astronomy Picture of the Day



21. Express - Staring at the Sun



22. Ciel et Espace - Le Soleil croqué par SDO



23. London Times - Sun is frozen in dazzling new detail



24. 20 minutos - Las espectaculares imágenes del Sol captadas por la sonda SDO



25. El Pais - Detalles del Sol en fotos de estreno



26. Milenio.com - NASA difunde fotos nunca antes vistas del sol



27. Informador.com - La NASA difunde espectaculares fotos del sol tomadas por sonda SDO



28. Peru 21 - Espectaculares imágenes del Sol



29. Index.hu - A Nap, ahogy még soha nem láttuk



30. Der Spiegel - The Sun's New Light



31. New York Times OpEd - View of the Sun



32. CNET - Stunning new images of the sun (photos)



33. Technology News World - NASA Observatory Sheds New Light on Sun



34. Guardian - Nasa probe sends home dazzling pictures of the sun

NASA, Newseum to Debut Images from Unique Solar Spacecraft

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news briefing and unveil initial images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, at 2:15 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 21, in the atrium of the Newseum. The Newseum is located at 555 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, in Washington. NASA Television and the agency's Web site will provide live coverage of the briefing.

Launched on Feb. 11, 2010, SDO is the most advanced spacecraft ever designed to study the sun and its dynamic behavior. The spacecraft will provide images with clarity ten times better than high definition television and more comprehensive science data faster than any solar observing spacecraft in history.


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