Science is Fun Fridays!

 

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory caught a partial eclipse, not visible on Earth, on June 28th.

At the peak, our moon covered 67% of the Sun, and here you can see its mountains "backlit by solar fire."

The SDO studies how solar activity creates and drives space weather, such as solar storms.

The current solar cycle is expected to peak in July 2025 but is already unusually active.

In other news, James Webb is in the final steps of instrument commissioning and the first images are expected in about 10 days.

Early alignment imagery has already demonstrated "unprecedented sharpness."

NASA and ESA will be releasing photos one by one Here on July 12 followed by a Q&A session hosted Here

We will definitely be following up on this!