Go to NASA’s “The Sun in 3-D” website for fabulous solar pictures from the twin STEREO spacecraft.

Go to NASA’s  NASA TV to view the live press conference called "First 3-D Images of the Sun" starting at 11 a.m. CDT April 23, 2007.

The images are expected to help solar scientists learn more about the structure of the Sun and, especially, how to deal with disruptions to satellites in Earth-orbit and power grids on the surface of the Earth from energy outpourings originating from the Earth’s star.

Some of the most dramatic outpourings of energy from the Sun are called coronal mass ejections (CMEs), which are very violent eruptions of matter from the Sun. They are largely responsible for the electrical disruptions that are frequently felt in electronic devices on and above the Earth.

For more information about the STEREO mission, read the ITwire article “NASA announce first-ever 3-D STEREO images of Sun”.

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