Sun News of the Week: SDO Setback! No Data Until 2025
The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which serves as the world’s primary source for observing and studying the sun, will be unavailable until 2025 due to unexpected infrastructure damage. Luckily, the spacecraft itself and its valuable data are secure. But the Joint Science Operations Center (JSOC) at Stanford University in California – the facility responsible for processing and distributing SDO data – suffered extensive damage from severe flooding, caused by a broken pipe. Join EarthSky founder Deborah Byrd and heliophysicist C. Alex Young of NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center as we discuss! The livestream begins at 12:15 CST (18:15 UTC) on Friday.
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