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'Cataclysmic' solar storm hit Earth around 2687 years ago, ancient tree rings reveal
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
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)
By Julian Dossett published
The sun's complex behavior still holds many mysteries.
Solar Orbiter spacecraft captures sharpest views yet of sun's surface (images)
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
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.
By Paul Sutter published
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
By Samantha Mathewson published
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)
By Meredith Garofalo published
A X2.3 solar flare Wednesday morning (Nov. 6), leading to shortwave radio blackouts for parts of the southern hemisphere.
New NASA coronagraph will measure temperature, speed of solar wind from ISS
By Conor Feehly published
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.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe flies by Venus before historic sun encounter
By Sharmila Kuthunur last updated
NASA's Parker Solar Probe swoops in for its seventh and final swing past Venus ahead of its history-making encounter with the sun on Christmas Eve.
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