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Sun News Archive

This is an archive of articles about the Sun from previous years. For an introduction to the Sun, and more recent news articles, please visit the Sun page. For recent news articles in other topics, check out the In the News section.


2006 .. 2005 .. 2004 .. 2003 .. 2002 .. 2001 .. 2000 .. 1999 .. 1998


December 31, 2006: Hinode shows a violent Sun -- Astronomy.com
December 26, 2006: The gegenschein -- NASA GSFC APOD
December 23, 2006: The analemma and the Temple of Olympian Zeus -- NASA GSFC APOD
December 22, 2006: The view from STEREO ahead -- NASA GSFC APOD
December 4, 2006: The active Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
November 25, 2006: 3D Mercury transit -- NASA GSFC APOD
November 17, 2006: X-ray transit of Mercury -- Science@NASA
November 17, 2006: Hand drawn transit -- NASA GSFC APOD
November 16, 2006: Children of the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
November 14, 2006: Mercury's transit: an unusual spot on the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
November 8, 2006: Simulated transit of Mercury -- NASA GSFC APOD
November 6, 2006: Rare transit of Mercury -- ScienceDaily
November 6, 2006: Catch the transit of Mercury this week -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
November 2, 2006: Sunwatchers prepare for Mercury -- Astronomy.com
November 2, 2006: First light for Hinode -- Science@NASA
October 26, 2006: Probes launched to image Sun -- Astronomy.com
October 20, 2006: 2006 transit of Mercury -- Science@NASA
October 5, 2006: Supernova radioisotopes show Sun was born in star cluster, scientists say -- ScienceDaily
September 23, 2006: Triple sunrise -- NASA GSFC APOD
September 21, 2006: Sharp silhouette -- NASA GSFC APOD
September 14, 2006: Study clears Sun of climate change -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
September 13, 2006: Changes in solar brightness too weak to explain global warming -- National Center for Atmospheric Research
July 12, 2006: A Manhattan sunset -- NASA GSFC APOD
July 10, 2006: Dark Sun sizzling -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 21, 2006: Sunrise solstice at Stonehenge -- NASA GSFC APOD
May 25, 2006: SOHO gets extension -- Astronomy.com
May 24, 2006: ESA's SOHO will lead a fleet of solar observatories -- SpaceRef.com
May 3, 2006: STEREO spacecraft begin Florida launch preparations -- Spaceflight Now
April 23, 2006: The solar spectrum -- NASA GSFC APOD
April 11, 2006: A Sun halo over Utah -- NASA GSFC APOD
April 8, 2006: Vanishing umbra -- NASA GSFC APOD
April 7, 2006: The crown of the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
April 6, 2006: It's the Sun, but not as we know it -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation News
April 4, 2006: A total solar eclipse over Turkey -- NASA GSFC APOD
March 31, 2006: Solar eclipse and SOHO -- NASA GSFC APOD
March 30, 2006: Why is the Sun's corona hotter than the Sun itself? -- SpaceDaily.com
March 30, 2006: When diamonds aren't forever -- NASA GSFC APOD
March 29, 2006: Solar eclipse calls on dragons and spirits -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation News
March 28, 2006: NASA sees solar eclipse in a different light -- NASA HQ
March 24, 2006: Solar sails -- NASA GSFC Science Question of the Week
March 9, 2006: NASA spacecraft helps researchers see the Sun's far side -- NASA HQ
March 5, 2006: Colorful light pillars -- NASA GSFC APOD
March 3, 2006: In partnership with NASA - solar eclipse in Turkey -- SpaceRef.com
February 10, 2006: What is a sundog? -- NASA GSFC Science Question of the Week
February 5, 2006: A Sun pillar in red and violet -- NASA GSFC APOD
January 2, 2006: A Sun pillar over Maine -- NASA GSFC APOD
December 21, 2005: Sunrise by season -- NASA GSFC APOD
December 2, 2005: SOHO celebrates 10 years in space -- Astronomy.com
December 1, 2005: SOHO's uninterrupted view of the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
November 29, 2005: Intrepid solar spacecraft celebrates 10th anniversary -- SpaceRef.com
November 26, 2005: A stereo sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
November 16, 2005: Double vision: STEREO spacecraft to scan Sun in 3D -- Space.com
November 16, 2005: Sun-watching takes center stage -- Astronomy.com
November 9, 2005: STEREO spacecraft arrive at NASA Goddard for final testing -- NASA GSFC
October 14, 2005: Eclipse shirt -- NASA GSFC APOD
October 7, 2005: Eclipse Madrid -- NASA GSFC APOD
October 7, 2005: Ulysses, fifteen years and going strong -- SpaceRef.com
October 5, 2005: Annular solar eclipse at high resolution -- NASA GSFC APOD
September 29, 2005: Annular solar eclipse on October 03 -- SpaceDaily
August 14, 2005: Heating coronal loops -- NASA GSFC APOD
July 29, 2005: ISS and Discovery transit the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
July 27, 2005: NASA's Chandra neon discovery solves solar paradox -- NASA HQ
July 23, 2005: SOHO watches Saturn and Cassini pass behind the Sun -- SpaceRef.com
May 20, 2005: NASA's AcrimSat solar spacecraft completes five-year mission -- NASA JPL
May 6, 2005: Hybrid solar eclipse -- NASA GSFC APOD
April 27, 2005: Join in the search for SOHO's thousandth comet -- SpaceDaily
April 11, 2005: Clouds, plane, Sun, eclipse -- NASA GSFC APOD
April 11, 2005: Eclipse success at sea -- Astronomy.com
April 7, 2005: Solar eclipse in view -- NASA GSFC APOD
April 5, 2005: A solar eclipse rarity -- Astronomy.com
April 1, 2005: Solar eclipse -- Science@NASA
February 27, 2005: The solar spectrum -- NASA GSFC APOD
January 26, 2005: SOHO offers comet contest -- CNN
December 17, 2004: Virtual Solar Observatory now available for one-stop data shopping -- SpaceDaily
December 15, 2004: NASA helps visually impaired students touch the Sun -- NASA HQ
December 14, 2004: Solar ultrasound waves discovered by satellite -- SpaceDaily
December 6, 2004: Filaments across the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
October 22, 2004: Meade Instruments goes solar -- Astronomy.com
September 25, 2004: The iron Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
August 4, 2004: Solar arcs and halos -- NASA GSFC APOD
July 22, 2004: NASA rethinks probe to the Sun -- BBC News
July 22, 2004: NASA goes to the "SORCE" of Earth Sun-blockers -- NASA GSFC
June 23, 2004: A picturesque Venus transit -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 20, 2004: Solstice celebration -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 15, 2004: A rare annular Venusian solar eclipse -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 11, 2004: Venus and the chromosphere -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 10, 2004: Venus at the edge -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 9, 2004: Venus transit at sunrise -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 8, 2004: A planet transits the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 2, 2004: The transit of Venus: North American viewer's guide -- Science@NASA
May 21, 2004: Sun was born in a violent burst -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
May 17, 2004: Venus transit of Sun live from the backyard or online -- SpaceDaily
March 21, 2004: A green flash from the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
March 20, 2004: Equinox + 1 -- NASA GSFC APOD
March 17, 2004: Cold peril: the continuing adventures of Ulysses -- Science@NASA
February 6, 2004: Plan ahead: rare transit of Sun by Venus -- Space.com
January 10, 2004: Two worlds, one Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
January 7, 2004: The Sun's closest twins -- Sky and Telescope
December 31, 2003: Bill Nye's 'cool' interplanetary sundial heads for Mars -- ScienceDaily
December 8, 2003: An Antarctic total solar eclipse -- NASA GSFC APOD
December 2, 2003: SOHO Sun watcher celebrates 8 years in space -- Spaceflight Now
November 21, 2003: Solar eclipse sends scientists south -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
October 21, 2003: SOHO's greatest hits: vote for your favorite Sun image -- Space.com
September 12, 2003: Why is the Sun red at sunset? -- NASA GSFC Science Question of the Week
September 11, 2003: Sunlight makes asteroids spin in strange ways --Southwest Research Institute News
September 5, 2003: The Dynamic Sun shines on Goddard -- NASA GSFC
September 4, 2003: Solar Transits: Tools of Discovery -- Space.com
August 20, 2003: It's no longer 'initials only' for solar physicist Dr. Hagyard -- SpaceDaily
July 29, 2003: Orange Sun simmering -- NASA GSFC APOD
July 18, 2003: SOHO back on full duty watching Sun explode -- SpaceDaily
July 12, 2003: Rocket telescope sees Sun -- Spaceflight Now
July 8, 2003: Rocket telescope gets closest look at the Sun -- NASA GSFC
July 3, 2003: Minimal data loss expected from SOHO antenna problem -- Spaceflight Now
June 29, 2003: The Solar Spectrum -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 24, 2003: The Sun's surface in 3D -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 23, 2003: KamLAND Verifies the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 6, 2003: Sun, Moon, hot air balloon -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 2, 2003: New observations revise view of solar neighborhood -- Scientific American
May 30, 2003: Solar eclipse -- Science@NASA
May 30, 2003: Sun to ring the Moon -- BBC News
May 2, 2003: Mercury crossing paths with Sun -- NASA GSFC
April 3, 2003: How the Sun shines -- Space.com
March 24, 2003: UK seeks to go it alone in space -- BBC News
March 20, 2003: NASA study finds increasing solar trend that can change climate -- NASA
March 19, 2003: How does the Sun shine? -- Physics News Update
January 24, 2003: SORCE spacecraft to be launched January 25 -- NASA GSFC
January 23, 2003: Launch of the Sun pillar -- NASA GSFC APOD
January 17, 2003: What is the solar neutrino problem? -- NASA GSFC Science Question of the Week
January 12, 2003: Coronal activity may be buried alive in red giant stars -- Spaceflight Now
January 7, 2003: Coronal activity may be 'buried alive' in red giant stars -- Eurekalert
January 3, 2003: The Sun does the wave -- NASA GSFC
December 30, 2002: A Sun pillar -- NASA GSFC APOD
December 21, 2002: Solstice celebration -- NASA GSFC APOD
December 13, 2002: The crown of the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
December 6, 2002: Zimbabwe solar eclipse -- NASA GSFC APOD
December 6, 2002: Sun is ok, says latest neutrino experiment -- Eurekalert
December 3, 2002: Eclipse over Acacia -- NASA GSFC APOD
November 14, 2002: NASA satellite flies high to monitor Sun's influence on ozone -- NASA GSFC
November 10, 2002: A green flash from the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
October 30, 2002: Sun puts on a show for fall -- NASA GSFC
October 24, 2002: Rings around the Sun -- Science@NASA
September 27, 2002: 'The Sun as Art' brings new light to SOHO images -- NASA GSFC
August 16, 2002: 25 years later, Voyager mission keeps pushing the space envelope -- NASA JPL
August 14, 2002: Starquakes reveal stellar secrets -- ESA
July 17, 2002: The Sun: A great ball of iron? -- ScienceDaily
July 16, 2002: Mysteries of the Sun -- SPACE.com
May 21, 2002: Unusual views of the Sun -- ESA
May 20, 2002: Solar eclipse June 10 over North America -- Space.com
May 15, 2002: Hypervelocity winds rage in the Sun's atmosphere -- NASA GSFC
May 10, 2002: Neutrino pioneer wins 2001 National Medal of Science -- Physics Web
May 6, 2002: Lawyer claims to "own" the Sun -- SpaceDaily
April 24, 2002: The solar neutrino problem has been closed -- Physics News Update
April 23, 2002: When neutrinos change type, some must have mass -- UniSci
April 22, 2002: Experiment confirms Sun theories -- BBC
April 22, 2002: Solar neutrinos really do change -- Berkeley Lab
April 11, 2002: Neutrinos from the Sun and from a factory described -- UniSci
April 4, 2002: Scientists listen in on the Sun to reveal new insights into its fiery dynamo -- Eurekalert
March 21, 2002: S is for Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
February 13, 2002: Hint of WIMPS in the Sun -- New Scientist
January 29, 2002: Finding how many energetic neutrinos produced by Sun -- UniSci
January 28, 2002: Yohkoh Sun-watching craft remains out of commission -- Spaceflight Now
January 8, 2002: Sun is mostly iron, not hydrogen -- University of Missouri-Rolla
January 7, 2002: Yohkoh spacecraft in safe mode -- spacetoday.net
December 25, 2001: Two theorists never in doubt -- Physics Today
December 21, 2001: Partial eclipse, cloudy day -- NASA GSFC APOD
December 12, 2001: A chip off the Sun -- Science@NASA
October 19, 2001: Physicists count subatomic particles released by the Sun -- Eurekalert
September 29, 2001: The iron Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
September 10, 2001: Yohkoh mission celebrates a decade of solar discovery -- NASA GSFC
September 7, 2001: Moon AND Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
July 3, 2001: Aphelion away! -- Science@NASA
June 25, 2001: New solar-powered Hyperion robot stays in sync with the Sun -- NASA HQ
June 22, 2001: Eclipse in African skies -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 21, 2001: Diamond ring in the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 21, 2001: Summer solstice marked at Stonehenge -- CNN.com
June 20, 2001: Total eclipse of the active Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
May 17, 2001: Solar neutrino astronomy -- NASA GSFC APOD
April 8, 2001: The big corona -- NASA GSFC APOD
March 30, 2001: Equinox + 1 -- NASA GSFC APOD
March 13, 2001: A Sun pillar -- NASA GSFC APOD
February 21, 2001: Sun to illuminate inner sanctuary of pharaoh's temple -- National Geographic
February 21, 2001: Solar heartbeat used to unravel star's mysteries -- NASA GSFC
January 29, 2001: An airplane in front of the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
January 20, 2001: Helios helium -- NASA GSFC APOD
January 18, 2001: Eye damage from viewing eclipse less than expected -- UniSci
December 15, 2000: Christmas eclipse -- Science@NASA
December 11, 2000: Special Report: 2000 Christmas solar eclipse -- Space.com
December 6, 2000: December Skylights - A Christmas gift from the heavens -- Discovery
November 10, 2000: Successful "take-off" for the "youngest" European exhibition on the Sun -- ESA
October 19, 2000: Chandra finds massive stars are more like our Sun -- Spaceflight Now
October 14, 2000: The ecliptic plane -- NASA GSFC APOD
September 28, 2000: Heating coronal loops -- NASA GSFC APOD
September 27, 2000: Fire fountains may explain solar puzzle -- BBC News
August 15, 2000: The solar spectrum -- NASA GSFC APOD
August 15, 2000: Radio astronomers catch a glimpse of Sun's future -- Spaceflight Now
August 9, 2000: A solar filament lifts off -- NASA GSFC APOD
August 9, 2000: The Sun won't shine forever -- Discovery
July 4, 2000: Sun shines as star of new IMAX film -- CNN.com
June 30, 2000: Aphelion day -- Science@NASA
June 21, 2000: Solstice celebration -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 20, 2000: Solstice brings longest day, strange traditions -- CNN
June 13, 2000: Bumps found on the Sun -- Spaceflight Now
May 7, 2000: A green flash from the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
March 21, 2000: ACRIMSAT finally begins measuring the Sun's energy -- Spaceflight Now
March 9, 2000: Scientists 'look through' the Sun -- BBC News
March 3, 2000: The Sun's show hots up -- BBC News
March 2, 2000: Debating the Sun's role in global warming on Earth -- Spaceflight Now
February 25, 2000: The comets of SOHO -- NASA GSFC APOD
January 10, 2000: Brown sun bubbling -- NASA GSFC APOD
December 27, 1999: Solar moss -- NASA GSFC APOD
December 17, 1999: Moss on the Sun found by NASA's TRACE probe -- Spaceflight Now
September 15, 1999: The big corona -- NASA GSFC APOD
September 12, 1999: Stonehenge: Ancient monument to the Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
September 2, 1999: The Sun's sizzling corona -- NASA MSFC
August 30, 1999: Looking back on an eclipsed Earth -- NASA GSFC APOD
August 20, 1999: At the Sun's edge -- NASA GSFC APOD
August 19, 1999: Light from the dark Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
August 18, 1999: Sun block -- NASA GSFC APOD
August 17, 1999: A crescent sunrise -- NASA GSFC APOD
August 13, 1999: Eclipse in the shade -- NASA GSFC APOD
August 11, 1999: Millions watch century's last eclipse -- CNN
August 11, 1999: Eclipse scientists in the swing -- BBC News
August 11, 1999: Earth wonders at heaven's gift -- BBC News
August 11, 1999: Eclipse '99 - NASA
August 10, 1999: A total eclipse for Europe -- NASA GSFC APOD
August 10, 1999: Scientists drawn to midday darkness near Transylvania -- NASA MSFC
August 10, 1999: Don't forget the partial eclipse! -- NASA MSFC
August 9, 1999: Solar maximum to boost eclipse -- CNN
August 5, 1999: There goes the Sun -- NASA MSFC
July 31, 1999: X-ray triple jet -- NASA GSFC APOD
July 16, 1999: Solar surfin' -- NASA GSFC APOD
July 3, 1999: Outta sight! A crafty peek at the Sun's back -- Science News Online
June 15, 1999: The Sun oscillates -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 1, 1999: Radio astronomers measure Sun's orbit around Milky Way -- Houston Chronicle
April 28, 1999: A sundial for Mars -- NASA GSFC APOD
April 21, 1999: Martian sundial designed for 2001 space mission is unveiled by Bill Nye "The Science Guy" -- Cornell University
February 16, 1999: Australians witness 'ring of fire' eclipse -- CNN
January 11, 1999: Perihelion Sun -- NASA GSFC APOD
September 24, 1998: Archeological discovery sheds light on sun-worship ritual -- Discovery Channel


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