National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Goddard Space Flight Center
Sun-Earth Day 2009: Our Sun Yours to Discover
IMAGE GALLERY
- AURORA
A view of the aurora photographed by ISS astronaut Don Pettit in 2003 (Pettit: NASA)
NASA Fact
Earth's climate was seriously chilled during the Maunder Minimum (1645-1715) when no 11-year sunspot cycles were detected.
- NASA Official: Dr. James Thieman
- Curator: Bryan Stephenson