NASA | SDO: Exploring the Sun in High Definition

The Solar Dynamics Observatory is designed to help us understand the Sun's influence on Earth and Near-Earth space by studying the solar atmosphere on small scales of space and time and in many wavelengths simultaneously. Dean Pesnell, the SDO Project Scientist, explains the science that will be done using NASA's SDO spacecraft.

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[Ultra4]

pretty much... nothing.... 2012 is a like a random date like many many other ends of the world, when nothing happened, and as soon as they pass people forget and look up the next date and there will be many more dates... dude, focus on real issues, true science is dozens of times better than those fairy tales

[PSNIINFIINIITY2009]

@losbergs2 Buy a telescope and look for yourself!!

[doowop62]

Then stop drawing prominences on the invisible magnetic waves.  We should be able to see much more by making that simple change. It's hard to get away from old hiding tricks, isn't it?

Dave aka doowop62

PS: there were no waves being drawn on the Sun in 1953 when Kuiper published, 'The Sun,'

[Fantastic3522]

I SUELI DO R.CORREIA IRWIN AFRAID MY HUSBAN MAX 2 WEEKS WENT TO WORK IN NEW YORK DONT COME BACK BECOUSE DEMAGE ELETRONICT WELL I SAY THANCK GOD HAVE NASA FOR ALERT US I LOVE YOU NASA

[nattygirldred]

This was cool :) Yay. However @Ultra4 from 2 years ago. the Mayan calendar is the most accurate calender of space activity we have :) NASA uses it... check it out Science is Fab even thousands of years ago ... tee hee

[Bazzralic]

and KN0W1N6 is half the battle...

[jasminerenn]

awesome work =)) good job keep it up congrats

[Zoroasterrrr]

@Ultra4 how can people like you say that. You have the gall to say that and pretend you believe in God. I will educate you where he tried to mislead and lie to you. On December 21st 2012 this little thing you might have heard about know as the PROCESSION OF THE EQUINOX ends, entering us into the Age of Aquarius. Where it is said human beings will experience absolute enlightenment. I. E. Legal pot.

[GuilhermeCalligaris]

@Nogert

that's 16MP. 4k x 4k. But thinking in NASA stuff, this could be greater...