NASA's Solar Observatory Offline Until 2025 Due to Flooding

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory data center at Stanford's Joint Science Operations Center is offline until 2025 due to a burst water pipe that caused severe damage. The center processes data from the Solar Dynamics Observatory and the Region Imaging Spectrograph, crucial for studying the Sun's magnetic field and activity. While data collection continues, processing and access to archived data are halted. Meanwhile, Japan has launched a new astronomical supercomputer, ATERUI III, to aid theoretical astronomy.