NASA's SDO Captures Mercury Transit Time-lapse

Published on May 9, 2016 NASA Goddard

"Around 13 times per century, Mercury passes between Earth and the sun in a rare astronomical event known as a planetary transit. The 2016 Mercury transit occurred on May 9, between roughly 7:12 a.m. and 2:42 p.m. EDT.

The images in this video are from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO.

Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Genna Duberstein

Music: Encompass by Mark Petrie"

The Solar System Through Space

The Sun is also Moving: Best View of How the Planets Revolve Around the Sun RT @robertoglezcano #space #universe #science #sxsw2017 #SXSW pic.twitter.com/ICM4h9cMBE

— Fred Steube (@steube) February 21, 2017

The sun and planets traveling through space.

Hitting the Sun is HARD

Published on Jul 19, 2016 MinutePhysics

"This video is about the orbital mechanics of why it’s so hard to crash into the sun – the energy it takes to get there is astoundingly high, compared with leaving the solar system."

The Science of Sunbeams

Published on May 19, 2016 SciShow

"Sunbeams shooting down through the clouds make for some great photographs, but what's the science behind these beautiful rays of light?

Hosted by: Hank Green"

Mercury

via NASA

NASA’s 4K View of April 17 Solar Flare

Published on Apr 26, 2016 NASA Goddard

"On April 17, 2016, an active region on the sun’s right side released a mid-level solar flare, captured here by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. This solar flare caused moderate radio blackouts, according to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center. Scientists study active regions – which are areas of intense magnetism – to better understand why they sometimes erupt with such flares. This video was captured in several wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light, a type of light that is typically invisible to our eyes, but is color-coded in SDO images for easy viewing.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO/Genna Duberstein"

The Limb of the Sun

Published on Mar 11, 2016 MinutePhysics

"Also, why do some flames look hollow? Thanks to http://www.audible.com/minutephysics for sponsoring this video."

Comet ISON Being Destroyed by the Sun

Published on Oct 30, 2015 APOD Videos

Credit: NASA, SOHO Observatory

Occurred in 2014 November.

via NASA: "Explanation: Most comets don't survive a close encounter with the Sun. Two years ago this month, though, Comet ISON was thought by some to be big enough to withstand its perilous sungrazing dive. The featured video shows the drama as it was recorded by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a joint mission of ESA and NASA. As many Earthlings watched in fascination, a bright area did emerge from closest approach, but it soon faded and dispersed. It is now assumed that no large fragments of Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) survived. Besides the comet, the active Sun is seen to eject puffs of plasma known as coronal mass ejections. Launched in 1995, sun-orbiting SOHO has become a historic device in the discovery and tracking of comets known as sungrazers. Two months ago, a comet designated SOHO 3000 was named in honor of the record 3000th comet that was discovered on SOHO images, a total that amounts to about half of all known comets."

Saved by the Heliosphere

Published on Aug 4, 2015 Science Channel

"The sun's power reaches far beyond our solar system. Solar winds blow into the Kuiper Belt creating a giant bubble around our solar system protecting us from deadly cosmic rays."