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Eerie, ultra-detailed photo of a lightning 'sprite' exposes one of nature's least understood phenomena
By Harry Baker published
An astronomer in Slovakia captured the rare luminous phenomenon as it briefly flashed in Earth's upper atmosphere during a thunderstorm.
India launches Aditya-L1 solar observatory, its 1st-ever sun probe
By Mike Wall published
India launched its first dedicated solar probe early Saturday morning (Sept. 2), sending the Aditya-L1 spacecraft skyward to tackle some big sun mysteries.
You can watch India's Aditya-L1 solar probe launch live on Sept. 2. Here's what it will do.
By Robert Lea published
India is setting its sights on the sun after its successful moon landing. The Aditya-L1 spacecraft will investigate the mysteries of our star following its launch on Sept. 2.
Sun launches surprise blob of plasma at Mars, could trigger eerie Martian auroras
By Harry Baker published
The sun has launched a surprise coronal mass ejection directly at Mars, which could spark auroras on the Red Planet and potentially erode part of Mars' remaining atmosphere when it hits on Sept. 1.
India to launch Aditya-L1, its 1st solar probe, on Sept. 2
By Mike Wall published
India plans to launch Aditya-L1, its first-ever dedicated solar probe, early on Saturday morning (Sept. 2).
Perseverance Mars rover spies big sunspot rotating toward Earth (photos)
By Mike Wall published
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has captured photos of a big sunspot, which should rotate into view for those of us on Earth in the coming days.
India prepping to launch 1st sun-studying spacecraft next month
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
India is gearing up for its first-ever mission to study the sun, Aditya-L1, which is expected to launch in early September.
How ordinary spacecraft sensors could improve our understanding of space weather
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
"It's why we never throw anything away – you don't know what secrets are being stored in the data beamed down from space."
GPS satellites threatened more by mild solar storms than monster sun flares
By Tereza Pultarova published
Mild solar storms can cause more serious problems to GPS satellites than once-in-a-century events, a new study has found.
Powerful sun storm knocks out radio transmissions across North America
By Tereza Pultarova published
A powerful solar flare disrupted radio and navigation signals across North America on Monday and prompted space weather forecasters to issue warnings because of energetic particles hitting Earth.
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