Knowing Our Sun

Do you know about the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)? It is one of NASA's greatest achievements because it has allowed us to learn all about our sun. The probe has been up there for about three years now and has been consistently beaming back the most amazing images and video of the sun we have ever seen.

It is scientific instruments like the SDO that allow us to know more about our world. We can gain confidence about future events and be able to explain things to a young child that asks us what that bright thing in the sky is. Put simply, science allows us to satiate our curiosity while at the same time increasing our demand for new knowledge. The SDO gives us a chance to ask better, stronger questions about our world.

Now, enjoy this incredible video put together by NASA. You will be floored by the imagery of our sun.