<p><br /> Nasa has unveiled the first images from a new satellite designed to predict disruptive solar storms, and scientists say they are already learning new things.<br /> </p><p><br /> Researchers have showed off brightly coloured images and short movie clips of the sun from the Solar Dynamics Observatory in a webcast.<br /> </p><p><br /> The satellite was launched on 11 February.<br /> </p><p><br /> Dean Pesnell, the chief scientist, says it has already disproved at least one theory, but he did not give any details.<br /> </p><p><br /> Richard Fisher, director of Nasa's heliophysics division, says the satellite is operating flawlessly.<br /> </p><p><br /> It carries three instrument packages, one built by the University of Colorado's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics and two built by Lockheed Martin in Palo Alto, California.<br /> </p>
