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Get ready for the 2024 total solar eclipse with Space.com with our 'Eclipses' bookazine
Grab a copy of Space.com's 2024 solar eclipse edition and a pair of solar eclipse glasses to get ready for April's exciting event.
Watch a massive X-class solar flare explode from the sun on Feb. 9 (video)
The sun has just released a monstrous X-class solar flare in its most powerful eruption this year. Watch it erupt into space in an explosive outburst.
'Martian' sunspot 15 times wider than Earth could soon bombard us with solar flares (photo & video)
A sunspot so big it was seen from the surface of Mars last week has now turned to face Earth, bringing an increased chance of unsettled space weather with Earth in the firing line.
Upcoming solar maximum may help solve the sun's gamma-ray puzzle
The upcoming solar maximum may help scientists solve the puzzle of why the sun's poles emitted ten times more high-energy radiation than expected during the last peak in activity.
India's Chandrayaan-2 moon orbiter catalogs tons of mysterious solar flares
Over the course of 3 years, Chandrayaan-2 observed thousands of mysterious, slow-building, ultra-hot solar flares as they erupted from the sun.
Powerful solar flare unleashes colossal plasma plume, sparks radio blackouts across South Pacific (video)
Watch the moment a huge plasma plume is hurled out from the sun during a powerful solar flare eruption, causing widespread radio blackouts in the South Pacific.
Solar maximum is coming, but we won't know it happened until 7 months after it's over
Solar maximum could occur as early as mid-2024 but scientists will have to wait seven months after it has occurred to be able to declare it has taken place. Why?
Ghostly plasma loops linger on the sun after massive solar explosion (photos)
A photographer recently snapped an incredibly detailed photo of gigantic, ghostly plasma loops towering above the sun's fiery surface after a powerful solar flare exploded from the sun.
