The sun is taking center stage with recent solar flare activity sparking modest space weather tomorrow, with an added metaphorical selfie as NASA recently released the first-ever images of the sun’s ...

The sun is experiencing a violent solar storm, releasing one of the strongest solar flares seen in the past 30 years ...

Since Feb 1, the Sun has unleashed a series of powerful solar flares that have triggered warnings from Isro and other space ...

The Sun has released four powerful X-class solar flares in just two days, alarming scientists worldwide. Experts warn these ...

Isaac Asimov described the solar system as the sun, Jupiter, and debris. He wasn't wrong—the sun is 99.8 percent of the mass of the solar system. But what is that giant ball of fire in the sky? How ...

When a dramatic solar video began circulating earlier this year, it looked like something out of science fiction: a bright filament at the Sun’s north pole appeared to shear away and whirl around the ...

Every image you've ever seen of the sun is looking at its equator, because Earth's orbit sits there with a 7.25-degree tilt. That means humans have never had a good angle to view the sun's north and ...

The Parker Solar Probe is attempting the closest ever pass of the sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. An image from the Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR instrument of a coronal streamer of the sun, about 16.9 ...

Solar flares are bright flashes of light from the Sun that release large amounts of electromagnetic radiation. And while normal flares can release as much as 10 25 joules of energy, so-called ...

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