Unexpected solar activity caused Binar satellites to re-enter early, illustrating challenges of solar weather in low orbit.

NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a M7.9-class solar flare. See footage of the blast in multiple wavelengths. Credit: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

A team combined compositional data of primitive bodies like Kuiper Belt objects, asteroids and comets with new solar data sets to develop a revised solar composition that potentially reconciles ...

NASA has completed the twin satellites it will launch next year to study the solar wind and its impact on Earth. The Tandem ...

Another astronomical event could be visible in the coming nights as the second branch of the Taurid meteor shower reaches its ...