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Solar maximum just knocked 3 satellites out of orbit. Here's why more may be on the way.
The Sun's activity is what gives us beautiful auroras — but it also has dramatic negative effects on satellites that go around Earth in a low orbit.
Broken water pipe knocks out data processing for NASA sun-studying spacecraft
Data processing for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and IRIS probe are down for a while, thanks to a burst water pipe in a server room used by the missions.
'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.
Watch a mesmerizing simulation of the sun’s behavior from NASA (video)
The sun's complex behavior still holds many mysteries.
Solar Orbiter spacecraft captures sharpest views yet of sun's surface (images)
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft has sent home the highest resolution views of the sun's surface to date, providing fresh views of our well-studied star.
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?
The sun's poles may have powerful magnetic tornadoes
The sun may have swirling polar vortices similar to those on Earth, but powered by a very different source, according to a new study.
Sun erupts with powerful X2.3 solar flare, triggers radio blackouts (video)
A X2.3 solar flare Wednesday morning (Nov. 6), leading to shortwave radio blackouts for parts of the southern hemisphere.
