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Watch the sun unleash 'extremely rare' solar storm in explosive eruption (video)
All three eruptions were not Earth-directed.
Violent superflares explode from sun-like stars every 100 years
Violent superflares erupt from sun-like stars about once a century, far more frequently than previously expected. As a civilization around such a star, what does this mean for us?
'We are preparing to make history': NASA's Parker Solar Probe gears up for epic sun flyby on Christmas Eve
On Christmas Eve, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will break its own records for speed and closest approach to the sun.
Powerful solar storms are a nightmare for farmers. 'Our tractors acted like they were demon possessed'
When the sun's fury disrupts high-tech farming, precision turns to chaos.
'Cataclysmic' solar storm hit Earth around 2687 years ago, ancient tree rings reveal
If this colossal solar storm hit our technologically advanced world the effects would have been devastating.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is solving long-standing mysteries about the sun. Here's what we've learned so far.
The goal of the Parker Solar Probe mission is to investigate the mysteries of the sun's corona, its outer atmosphere. What has it learned so far?
New NASA coronagraph will measure temperature, speed of solar wind from ISS
We're about to learn more about the solar wind, thanks to NASA's Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX), which just arrived at the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft.
Watch sun unleash major X-flare in epic solar eruption (video)
We could expect even more eruptions from this sunspot region in the coming days as it rotates to face Earth.
'Killer electrons' play pinball with space weather around Earth
"Killer electrons" stashed in radiation belts around Earth could be dislodged by lightning to create a game of "cosmic pinball" that influences space weather around our planet.
Solar storm bombarding Earth now may reach 'extreme' levels, sparking auroras down to Alabama and straining hurricane-weakened power grids
A severe solar storm sparked by an intense flare from the sun could reach "extreme" levels as it bombards Earth, NOAA officials warned Thursday (Oct. 10).
