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Sun unleashes powerful X2-class flare (video)
By Mike Wall published
The sun blasted out a superpowerful X2-class flare on Friday afternoon (March 3), and a NASA spacecraft captured footage of the dramatic event.
Gorgeous auroral glow surprises astrophotographer in California's Death Valley
By Tereza Pultarova published
The powerful solar storm that struck Earth earlier this week treated an American astrophotographer to unexpected aurora displays during a shooting trip to California's Death Valley.
Powerful solar storm delays SpaceX rocket launch, stalls oil rigs in Canada amid aurora-palooza
By Tereza Pultarova published
A solar storm that swept across Earth on Monday (Feb. 27) forced SpaceX to delay a Starlink launch and temporarily disrupted operations of several Canadian oil rigs.
Powerful X-class flare spat out a rare 'solar tsunami,' and you can hear it smashing into Earth
By Harry Baker published
The sun recently spat out an X-class solar flare, one of the most powerful it can emit, which triggered a rare shockwave across the sun's surface and caused radio blackouts on Earth.
Sun unleashes massive X2-class solar flare during geomagnetic storm watch (video)
By Tariq Malik published
A massive solar flare erupted from the sun on Friday (Feb. 17) as the Earth was under a geomagnetic storm watch from flares earlier in the week.
Physicists mimic gravity inside the sun using sound waves
By Keith Cooper published
The acoustically generated force will help astronomers better understand the sun's photosphere and the causes of space weather.
The sun just erupted with a major X-class solar flare. Here's what it looked like on video.
By Tariq Malik published
A major solar flare erupted from the erupted from the sun on Saturday (Feb. 11) and a NASA spacecraft caught it on video.
Miniature sun with simulated gravity could help prepare us for deadly solar storms
By Ben Turner published
The tiny sun used sound waves to simulate the sun's swirling mass of plasma
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