NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a M7.9-class solar flare. See footage of the blast in multiple wavelengths. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/SDO/helioviewer.org | edited by Steve Sp ...

Sunspots captured astronomers' interest, and with the expanding availability and quality of telescopes, were closely tracked until 1645. Despite huge interest in them, astronomers could find no ...

This is a time when the sun puts out the most solar flares and has the most average sunspots on its surface in its ...

NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission captured an X1.1-class solar flare. See time-lapse footage of the ...

Researchers simulated the sun’s polar vortices using computer models, which suggest the vortices are likely driven by ...

As the Sun’s magnetic activity rises, solar flares become more frequent and intense. Space agencies like NASA and NOAA are ...

The twin spacecraft of NASA's TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) mission were ...

Solar flares are giant explosions that occur in a localized regions of the sun's atmosphere, typically originating from ...

They don’t have altitude control systems, so they can’t adjust their orbits. Solar activity, such as sunspots, solar flares, ...