The sun has erupted with a moderate M5.7 solar flare and a coronal mass ejection that could trigger a northern lights display ...

A powerful new optics system has captured the clearest view yet of the Sun’s corona, revealing stunning plasma structures. Reading time 2 minutes The Sun’s outer atmosphere—the corona—is the piping ...

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A powerful M5.7 solar flare from sunspot AR4436 tore a huge cavity in the Sun's atmosphere and launched a coronal mass ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The most powerful solar telescope on Earth has just given us a key to help unlock the magnetic mysteries of the Sun. Now, the ...

Astronomers have produced the first continuous, two-dimensional maps of the outer edge of the sun's atmosphere, a shifting, frothy boundary that marks where solar winds escape the sun's magnetic grasp ...

Parker Solar Probe reached "perihelion," the nearest point to the sun in its orbit, on Dec. 13, 2025. - ASA / Johns Hopkins APL / Steve Gribben illustration A NASA spacecraft is making a close ...

The sun’s solar weather has caused several atmospheric events since entering its solar maximum phase on Oct. 15, according to NASA. The phenomenon happens about every 11 years as the sun's shifting ...

The concept of touching the Sun can be traced back to the ancient Greek myth of Icarus, but scientists at NASA have turned that idea into a reality. On Dec. 24th, their Parker Solar Probe managed to ...