Last August, we talked about NASA's newest project (at that time), the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, aka, STEREO. Fast forward to the present, NASA scientists divulges that they would be releasing 3D images of the Sun taken by STEREO so as to expand our understanding of solar physics.

Monday is the day to mark if you wanna get up close and personal with the Sun. The images will be released on the Internet, television, and on some museums. The STEREO observatory is part of a two-year mission, NASA's Solar Terrestrial Probes program. This involves two almost identical observatories, one ahead of Earth in its orbit, the other trailing behind. The latter will trace the flow of energy and matter from the Sun to Earth.

The 3D images would give us a view of violent eruptions of matter from the Sun that is said to cause possible disruptions in satellites and power grids. These would also help scientists figure out why these occur.