NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has directly observed magnetic reconnection in the Sun’s atmosphere for the first time, confirming decades-old theories about solar explosions. This discovery bridges ...

To study the sun, scientists use a specialized telescope called a coronagraph. This instrument mimics a solar eclipse by using a occulting disk to block out the sun's bright light. By doing this, ...

"Thanks to Solar Orbiter, we're getting to know our star better than ever." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The joint European ...

A stunning breakthrough in solar physics reveals ultra-fine magnetic structures on the Sun's surface, thanks to the NSF's Inouye Solar Telescope. Researchers captured never-before-seen bright and dark ...

A new NASA study suggests that solar activity will remain high or rise further in the coming decades, contradicting previous assumptions that the sun was quieting down — and scientists "don't ...

Astronomers traced a mysterious 'scar' of ionized gas around the solar system to two stars that had a close flyby with our sun millions of years ago.

On May 10, 2024, a John Deere dealer sent out a strange press release. “Please be advised that there is significant solar flare and space weather activity,” it read. The company, a maker of tractors ...

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A viral headline recently claimed that Elon Musk wants to “block the sun” using space technology, framing it as humanity’s biggest energy transformation in thousands of years. The underlying idea, ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched three space weather spacecraft from Florida's Kennedy Space Center. The missions include NASA's IMAP, NASA's Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and NOAA’s SWFO-L1.

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