dot in the center of the screen. researchers call this space weather and it can prove devastating. electrical supplies can be disrupted, so can satellites. solar storm destabilizing our magnetic field, which is why scientists want to keep a constant watch. what we really want to do is to be able to see exactly what the sun s doing. we want to be able to watch regions on the sun as they grow and evolve and we want to see them as the sun rotates and brings these regions of activity towards pointing towards the earth. reporter: this nasa mission using british cameras is set to run for many more years. all the time building up an understanding of how the sun works. how its eruptions can be forecast. and producing sights that most of us could never have imagined. david shukman, bbc news. we look so cool. just too cool. let s not even talk. bask in the sun. look cool, baby.3q
possible trouble. this footage captures a great blast of highly charged particles surging around mercury on the right and then around venus. this shot shows the eruption reaching us on earth, the blue dot in the center of the screen. researchers call this space weather and it can prove devastating. electrical supplies can be disrupted, so can satellites. solar storm destabilizing our magnetic field, which is why scientists want to keep a constant watch. what we really want to do is to be able to see exactly what the sun s doing. we want to be able to watch regions on the sun as they grow and evolve and we want to see them as the sun rotates and brings these regions of activit