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you know you're not supposed to stare at

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the Sun but who could resist a peek at

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this a new NASA spacecraft called the

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Solar Dynamics Observatory or SDO will

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deliver startling images of the Sun with

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10 times more detail than HDTV our

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mission is to study the Sun we have

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three instruments that look at the Sun

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24 hours a day seven days a week and

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send down data the goal of the mission

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is to help scientists zoom in on solar

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activities such as sunspots solar flares

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and coronal mass ejections thus

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improving forecasts of solar storms the

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Sun puts out what we call space weather

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bright flashes of lights that we call

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flares particles which we call radiation

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here on the earth they come and effect

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both our satellites and our astronauts

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and that's just a tip of the iceberg

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electrical power to our homes satellite

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communications and navigation systems

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can all be disrupted by solar activity

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the Sun is our closest star it affects

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our life on Earth more than anything in

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the universe SDO will provide a close-up