The Sun Today

A source for facts about the sun and daily updates on the sun's current activity and space weather for the public. I am a NASA scientist but this is not an official NASA account. Opinions and views expressed are my own. I study the sun. I am a heliophysicist at NASA. My friends and family have always been excited by my work. In particular, they are especially interested because the sun feels real and tangible. Of all the many interesting astrophysical objects in the universe the sun is the one object most people can feel through its light and heat. I have always enjoyed sharing my bit of knowledge about the sun with my friends, family and the public at large. The explosion of social media gave me a perfect way to share my information and the information of others about the sun in a fresh and dynamic fashion. To leverage these new resources I envisioned a central website on which to share and organize the exciting past and present knowledge about the sun and its relationship to our lives. The main website, www.thesuntoday.org, connects to other social media sources like Facebook, twitter and YouTube in order to provide a broad reach to share rich and dynamic content. I first started this Facebook fanpage, www.facebook.com/thesuntoday. I am joined by the other members of The Sun Today team to bring you special guest postings. Linda Schenk (www.virtuallinda.com) works behind the scenes on design & strategy. Together we have been able to provide our fans with stories about past solar events and solar history as well as images and video of the current sun’s activity. We have now been able to make my initial idea become a reality with www.thesuntoday.org. It serves as the central hub and it connects to TheSunToday at Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. We look forward to your questions and your comments. We hope to continue to share our love of solar physics with the growing Sun Today community. Enjoy! -Alex Young