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Largest Solar Flare Since 2017 Spotted on the Sun
On May 29, 2020, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the largest solar flare since October 2017.
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This Year’s Vernal Equinox Is the Earliest in 124 Years
This year, the vernal equinox occurs on March 19, 2020. The last time it occurred this early was in 1896.
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GOES East Celebrates the Autumnal Equinox
In 2019, the official start of fall—the Autumnal Equinox—was Monday, Sept. 23 at 3:50 a.m. EDT.
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Parts of Chile and Argentina Experience Total Solar Eclipse
NOAA's GOES East saw the moon’s shadow as it moved west to east across South America on July 2, 2019. Parts of Chile and Argentina…
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Three Views of the Winter Solstice from Space
The winter solstice, the official start of astronomical winter, arrives at 5:23 p.m. Eastern Time on December 21. At this exact…
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NOAA GOES East Satellite Captures Full Rotation of the Sun!
This short movie of the sun’s rotation from March 2021, one-million-degree solar plasma in action
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NOAA GOES-17 Satellite Reveals First SUVI Imagery
The GOES-17 Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) began taking observations of the sun on May 16, 2018.
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SUVI Sees a Solar Flare
On Tuesday, April 18, the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) on GOES-16 observed a large solar eruption linked to a C5 class solar flare.
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