Incredible New Views of the Sun – As You’ve Never Seen It Before
Powerful eruptions, breathtaking views across the solar poles, and a strange solar ‘hedgehog’ are among the incredible haul of spectacular images, movies, and data returned…
Powerful eruptions, breathtaking views across the solar poles, and a strange solar ‘hedgehog’ are among the incredible haul of spectacular images, movies, and data returned…
The Sun emitted a strong X-class solar flare on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, peaking at 9:55 a.m. EDT. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the…
In just minutes, a flare on the Sun can release enough energy to power the entire world for 20,000 years. These solar flares are triggered…
In the last 24 hours, the sun emitted two M-class solar flares and one X-class flare. On the scale used to classify solar flares, X-class…
Update May 4, 2022: Sun Blasts Out 3 Powerful Bursts of Energy in Last 24 Hours The Sun emitted a strong solar flare on April…
Researchers identify the physics that enables rapid magnetic explosions in space. When magnetic field lines of opposite directions merge, they create explosions that can release…
The Sun emitted a moderate solar flare on April 20, 2022, peaking at 9:59 p.m. ET. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which watches the Sun…
The Sun emitted two solar flares on April 19, 2022, one moderate (M-Class) peaking at 9:35 p.m. EST and one strong (X-Class) peaking at 11:57…
The Sun emitted a significant solar flare on April 16, 2022, peaking at 11:34 p.m. EST. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which watches the Sun…
Telegraph networks all throughout the globe failed catastrophically on September 1 and 2, 1859. The telegraph operators reported feeling electrical shocks, telegraph paper catching fire,…
Mercury is special. As the closest planet to the Sun, it occupies a region where the Sun’s influence is changing dramatically. The Sun’s magnetic field,…
The Sun emitted a significant solar flare on March 30, 2022, peaking at 1:35 p.m. EST. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly,…
Solar flares are large eruptions of electromagnetic radiation from the Sun lasting from minutes to hours. The sudden outburst of electromagnetic energy travels at the…
The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft just made its historic first close pass of the Sun, which happened midday on March 26, 2022. In the days…
The number of sunspots on our sun typically ebbs and flows in a predictable 11-year cycle, but one unusual 70-year period when sunspots were incredibly…
The newest photographs from the Solar Orbiter reveal unprecedented detail of the whole Sun. They were taken on March 7, 2022, when the spacecraft passed…
Researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi’s (NYUAD) Center for Space Science have discovered a new set of waves in the Sun that, unexpectedly, appear to travel…
We’ve all seen the gorgeous images and videos of coronal loops. They’re curved magnetic forms that force brightly glowing plasma to travel along their path….