Of all the things to worry about, the explosion of our sun is perhaps one of the least pressing. The Earth has seen five massive extinction events, and it's therefore natural to wonder whether we, as ...

Nearly 4.5 million years ago, two enormous, blazing stars swung close to the solar system. They did not touch the sun, but ...

The sun is giving off solar eruptions so massive, it looks like a huge volcano. Amateur astronomer Peter Lawrence snapped this amazing close-up of the flares shooting into space from the sun’s eastern ...

No big deal, folks. The sun keeps exploding, but everything’s probably fine. “Three large explosions from the Sun over the past few days have prompted U.S. government scientists to caution users of ...