Ever since the beginning of the Space Age, the inner planets and the Earth-Moon system have received the lion’s share of attention. That makes sense; it’s a whole lot easier to get to the Moon, or ...

The sun is an incomprehensibly gigantic, constantly roiling nuclear furnace—but some days are even busier than others. Based ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured sunspot AR3386 blast a long-duration X1.6-class solar flare and X1 flare. See time ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an X4.5-class solar flare. See views in multiple wavelengths here. Footage ...

After causing the dazzling waves of aurora borealis this weekend, our Sun isn’t done yet: The strongest solar flare of the current solar cycle occurred Tuesday afternoon, according to the National ...

A solar eclipse on April 27, 2025, as seen only by NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory. When is the next solar eclipse? Yesterday and today — but they were not reported in advance. Why? They were only in ...

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare – as seen in the bright flash on the far left – on Dec. 31, 2023. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that ...

A recent CU Boulder study suggests that confined flares are more efficient at heating plasma and producing ionizing radiation than comparable eruptive flares While many studies have compared the ...

The quadruple eruption was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, ...

The Sun emitted the strongest solar flare in seven years Thursday, and space weather forecasters are watching to see what impacts this event has on Earth, including displays of the Northern Lights and ...