The massive sunspot that sparked an "extreme" geomagnetic storm in May 2024 unleashed hundreds of other dangerous solar ...
By tracing solar flare gamma rays, scientists gain new insight into particle behavior that shapes space weather forecasts.
In the span of two days last week, the sun released two strong solar flares — meaning the solar system experienced its most powerful explosions which can cause some communications blackouts on Earth, ...
“This is the longest continuous series of images ever created for a single active region: It’s a milestone in solar physics,” ...
A New Mexico State University (NMSU) astronomy Ph.D. student, who was leading a data cataloging project, findings link ...
“It’s a milestone in solar physics,” said Ioannis Kontogiannis, a solar physicist at the Swiss Federal Institute of ...
Researchers have identified a newly recognized type of extremely energetic particles located in the Sun’s upper atmosphere, revealing a phenomenon that had not been detected before. Solar scientists r ...
The sun is not only our closest stellar neighbor, it's also the star we understand the most. As we've observed it over the ...