For the first time, scientists have used satellite data to create a 3D map of the sun's interior magnetic field, the ...

"This is one of the most exciting results from Solar Orbiter so far." ...

During a close approach to the Sun, the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter watched that tipping point unfold in unusually ...

Sunspot AR3663 erupted with powerful X1.6 and M4 solar flares. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks.

A major flare-up affected an aircraft’s data and control; the solution was so easy that it almost makes no sense.

Solar Orbiter observations show that a medium-class solar flare formed through cascading magnetic reconnection events, ...

Scientists watched a solar flare grow from tiny magnetic sparks into a violent plasma-raining avalanche on the Sun.

"The reason we are seeing them so far south and with so much intensity is that as the sun reaches its maximum activity it ...

Deep in the frozen heart of Antarctica, the South Pole Telescope has been watching one of the most extreme neighborhoods in ...

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an X2.8-class solar flare and a pair of m-flares that preceded it in multiple ...

Solar flares are characterized by intense bursts of energy and radiation from the Sun’s surface. In a matter of just a few ...

After a two-year gap, there will be two total solar eclipses within 12 months of each other, on Aug. 12, 2026, and Aug. 2, ...