First Light for the Solar Dynamics Observatory

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April 21, 2010: Warning, the images you are about to see could take your breath away.

At a press conference today in Washington DC, researchers unveiled "First Light" images from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, a space telescope designed to study the sun.

"SDO is working beautifully," reports project scientist Dean Pesnell of the Goddard Space Flight Center. "This is even better than we could have dreamed."

(Courtesy: science.nasa.gov)

 

Check out the full story at: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/21apr_firstlight/

Note: You may want to download the videos to view them on your computer.  They are amazing!

 


 
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