On Dec. 2, 1995, NASA launched the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, also known as SOHO. Discover more space history 👉https://trib.al/t8Wfqf6 This sun-monitoring satellite is a collaborative project between NASA and the European Space Agency that has been operational for more than 20 years. Its main objective was to investigate the physics behind how the sun works. It also provides useful data for predicting space weather events like solar flares and coronal mass ejections, which can cause pr

X8-class Solar Flare Detected | NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory FriendsofNASA.org | Full-size images: https://www.friendsofnasa.org/2026/02/x8-class-solar-flare-detected-nasas.html This image is an extreme ultraviolet view of the Sun from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). It shows the bright flash of a X8-class solar flare on the Sun’s upper left side. The rest of the surface is mottled with darker and lighter regions, and faint loops of solar material can be seen extending off the Sun’