
10 year Sun time-lapse by NASA
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- NASA published pictures of 10 year time-lapse of Sun
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- It is derived from data collected by Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
- SDO captures an image of the Sun every 0.75 seconds
- SDO mission of NASA was launched in the year 2010 to understand the origin of Sun’s energy, how the inside of the Sun works, and how energy is stored and released in the Sun’s atmosphere.
- SDO is the first satellite under the Living with a Star (LWS) program at NASA.