Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ...

A Sunspot AR3873 erupted with an X1.8-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks. Footage ...

There were significantly more X-class solar flares in 2024 than any other year for at least three decades. The arrival of ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a magnetic filament erupting on the Sun. The filament was "connected to sunspot AR3229" triggered a long duration M3-class flare and resulting coronal mass ...

The captivating lights are the result of collisions between gas particles in our atmosphere and charged particles that are constantly being shot out from the sun's atmosphere ... The frequency of ...

Skywatchers in the UK and Ireland have already enjoyed impressive displays of the Northern Lights this year, thanks to the sun entering a phase of peak activity. This period of solar maximum is part ...

Flickering coronal loops in the Sun's outer atmosphere could act as an early warning system for solar flares, according to ...

As the sun geared up to spit a powerful solar flare into space, NASA scientists snapped huge loops of plasma leaping from the sun's surface. These spectacular solar structures, known as coronal ...

STIX captured the location and size of X-rays emitted by solar flares, which are now represented with those blue circles, while the EUI images showcase the sun's outer atmosphere in yellow.

The European Space Agency has released an audio-visual representation of solar activity over the last three years, using data ...

The Origin of the Sun's Magnetic Field Could Lie Close to Its Surface May 22, 2024 — Surprise findings suggest sunspots and solar flares could be generated by a magnetic field within the Sun's ...