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Colossal solar flare erupts from Earth-facing sunspot, sparking strong radio blackouts over Pacific Ocean (video)
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
The prolific flare factory doesn't look like stopping anytime soon.

Powerful solar flare erupts from sun triggering radio blackouts across North America (video)
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
The M-class flare was accompanied by a coronal mass ejection currently forecast to land Earth with a glancing blow on June 18.

NASA's PUNCH delivers knockout views of colossal solar storms erupting from sun (video)
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
"These first images are astonishing, but the best is still yet to come."

Humanity takes its 1st look at the sun's poles: 'This is just the first step of Solar Orbiter's stairway to heaven' (images)
By Robert Lea published
The Solar Orbiter has captured humanity's first look at the south pole of the sun, revealing messy magnetic fields and particles being ejected at high speeds.

Powerful solar telescope unveils ultra-fine magnetic 'curtains' on the sun's surface
By Samantha Mathewson published
The sharpest images ever captured of the sun reveal intricate magnetic structures dancing across its surface.

When will the sun die?
By JoAnna Wendel last updated
Reference Here we explore why our sun won't live forever and what will happen when it finally runs out of fuel.

Scientists capture never-before-seen plasma streams and bizarre 'raindrops' in sharpest-ever view of sun's outer atmosphere (video)
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
Using a newly developed adaptive optics system called Cona, scientists peered through Earth's turbulent air to reveal the sun's corona in astonishing clarity.

New 8K-resolution photos of the sun show off incredible details of raging sunspots
By Samantha Mathewson published
Advanced image restoration techniques have produced reconstructed views of the sun with an 8K image resolution for the first time.
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