As sunspots emerge on the sun's surface close to its equator, their orientations will match the old magnetic field, while ...

The European Space Agency shows how the sun’s activity has ramped up as it careened toward "solar maximum." Data sonification brings solar flares to life through audio.

The bright object near the center of the image is Mercury, and the dark spots are a result of background ... of particles emitted by the sun — escapes into space. But for its 22nd encounter ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made its closest approach to the sun early Tuesday, getting within just 4% of the Earth-sun ...

The sun's most active phase ... These structures can snap and fling plasma out into space in the form of CMEs. On Oct. 10-11, another wave of widespread auroras swept across large parts of ...

The astrophysicist, whose research revolutionized humanity’s understanding of the sun and interplanetary space, died at age 94 in March 2022. But he was still able to witness how the spacecraft ...

Researchers identified 2,889 superflares on 2,527 of the 56,450 observed stars, meaning that on average, one sun-like star produces ... Her stories focus on space, wildlife, and any weird ...