Flooding Disrupts NASA's Solar Research Operations
A burst water pipe at Stanford's Joint Science Operations Center has halted NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) data processing, damaging equipment crucial for solar observations. The facility, which processes data from instruments like the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager, will remain offline until repairs are completed, expected by 2025. Although the instruments continue to function, the inability to process new data is problematic as the Sun is currently in its solar maximum phase, a period of heightened activity.