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NASA captures the Sun looking like a smiling face ahead of Halloween — here’s what really caused the eerie image

Just in time for Halloween, NASA has released a print of the Sun that appears to be smiling. The picture, taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), shows a face-like pattern on the Sun’s ...
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NASA captures sun looking like a spooky jack-o'-lantern

NASA/GSFC/SDO On October 8, the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft captured a spooky sight in distant the sky: the sun looking like a menacing jack-o'-lantern, just in time for Halloween. Take a ...
Scientific American

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Was Never Meant to Look at the Sun. Astronomers Tried It Anyway

A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun If you’ve ever done any public outreach work for astronomy—if you’ve given open lectures ...