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Sun unleashes giant plasma plume and reels it back in apparent 'failed eruption' (video)
Space via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoA close up still image of the sun showing a huge fiery looking tendril lashing out from the sun. The...
Astrophotographer captures stunning close-up views of sunspot region that spawned May's auroras
Space via Yahoo News· 2 days agoCheck out these incredible close-up views of emerging sunspot AR3697 as it turns to face Earth. The...
It’s Back! The Giant Sunspot Cluster That Caused Stunning Auroras Is Facing Earth Again
Scientific American· 5 days ago“It seems this active region didn’t decay much,” says Kiran Jain, a heliophysicist at the National Solar Observatory. “It happens with active regions: they will decay a little ...
That giant sunspot that supercharged auroras on Earth? It's back and may amp up the northern lights...
Space via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory and National Science Foundation's Global Oscillation...Networks...
Study: Sun’s magnetic field closer to surface than previously thought
The Columbian· 14 hours agoNew research indicates the sun’s magnetic field originates much closer to the surface than...
Double trouble: Sun unleashes 2 powerful X-class solar flares in 12 hours (video)
Space via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe magnetically complex sunspot AR3664. White regions show north magnetic polarity and black...
Missed May's Northern Lights? You Could Have Another Chance To See Them Soon!
InspireMore· 5 days agoFirst, there was a powerful geometric storm — the most powerful one in more than two decades, in...
NASA spots the most distant galaxy ever seen
Houston Chronicle· 4 days agoNASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has outdone a record it previously set. On Thursday, the space agency announced its JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADE) team has discovered ...
The Sun Has a Mysterious Heartbeat, And We May Finally Know Why
ScienceAlert via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThen, it gradually ramps up over the next few years. This manifests as an increase in sunspots, solar flares, and coronal mass ejections, until the peak known as solar maximum ...
The Sun's Magnetic Field Might Only Be Skin Deep
Universe Today· 7 days agoThis cycle is the result of something inside the Sun—the solar dynamo. A team of scientists suggests that this big generator lies not far beneath the...