2026 January 13 - A Solar Eruption from SDO

In today's image, we see a coronal mass ejection as imaged by the Solar Dynamics Observatory. This is an eruption of material from the solar surface, pushed off by the Sun's magnetic field and expelled out into space.

My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel.

This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of this podcast.

I welcome comments and suggestions about these podcasts. I can be reached here: wagnerastronomy@gmail.com

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.