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It turns out that anyone who drew a smiley-faced sun as a kid has been scientifically proved — somewhat — right. Last week, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of the biggest ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) this week captured an image of the sun in ultraviolet light featuring three dark patches that look like a smiling face — a face that could signal a solar ...

Say cheese! 📸 Today, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory caught the Sun "smiling." Seen in ultraviolet light, these dark patches on the Sun are known as coronal holes and are regions where fast ...

Our local star seems to be taking the "sun is smiling down on us" phrase literally. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory snapped a portrait of the sun last week that makes it look like it has two ...

The Sun is smiling down on us quite literally, it seems. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has captured a picture that appears to show a smile on the surface of the Sun. The photo, time-stamped ...