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India's Aditya-L1 solar observatory captures 1st gorgeous views of the sun (images)
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
An instrument onboard India's Aditya-L1 spacecraft captured beautiful images of the sun earlier this week.

Scientists study violent 'superflares' on stars thousands of times brighter than the sun
By Robert Lea published
Scientists have used solar flares from the sun to determine the physics driving powerful and violent 'superflares' on massive stellar bodies that are up to 10,000 times brighter than our star.

Gigantic 'hole' in the sun wider than 60 Earths is spewing superfast solar wind right at us
By Harry Baker published
A monstrous dark patch, known as a coronal hole, recently appeared near the sun's equator. The temporary gap enables unusually fast solar wind to race toward Earth.

Solar maximum: Why April's total Solar Eclipse will bring unique views of the sun's corona
By Jamie Carter published
With the solar cycle set to peak earlier than predicted, the sun's corona should look its spectacular spiky best for April 8's total solar eclipse.

'Sunspot archipelago' 15 times wider than Earth could soon bombard us with solar storms
By Harry Baker published
The "archipelago" of dark patches is rapidly unleashing solar storms, and Earth may soon be in the firing line.

This solar eruption was so powerful it warped the sun's magnetic field (video)
By Samantha Mathewson published
Satellites observed a coronal mass ejection on Wednesday (Nov. 15), capturing a bright burst of super-hot plasma that warped the sun's magnetic field.

'Peculiar' aurora-like radio signal from sunspot discovered for the 1st time
By Robert Lea published
A sunspot has put on a stunning display of radio waves lasting for over a week that resembles the northern and southern lights — auroral displays that occur over Earth.

The sun may be smaller than we thought
By Stephanie Pappas published
New calculations suggest the sun is a few fractions of a percent smaller than previously estimated, and that could change how we study it.
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