NASA, Thermonuclear Art The Sun In Ultra HD (4 K)

Its always shining, always ablaze with light and energy that drive weather, biology and more. In addition to keeping life alive on Earth, the sun also sends out a constant flow of particles called the solar wind, and it occasionally erupts with giant clouds of solar material, called coronal mass ejections, or explosions of Xrays called solar flares. These events can rattle our space environment out to the very edges of our solar system. In space, NASAs Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, keeps an eye on our nearest star 24, 7. SDO captures images of the sun in 10 different wavelengths, each of which helps highlight a different temperature of solar material. In this video, we experience SDO images of the sun in unprecedented detail. Presented in ultrahigh definition, the video presents the dance of the ultrahot material on our lifegiving star in extraordinary detail, offering an intimate view of the grand forces of the solar system. Credit: NASA s Goddard Space Flight Center This video is public domain