🌞🛰️Sun-watcher SOHO turns 30 today! 🎂 For three decades now, this mission has been observing the Sun’s structure, atmosphere and solar wind. Located about 1.5 million km from Earth, it provides vital data to predict space weather, protecting satellites, power grids and communication systems on Earth. 🔗 https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/SOHO/Sun-watcher_SOHO_celebrates_thirty_years NASA Solar System Exploration | ESA - European Space Agency

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’