One of the biggest unanswered questions in solar physics may have gained an unexpected new lead. Researchers analyzing ...

A researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has published a ...

Solar flares largely go unnoticed, but that doesn't mean there aren't dangerous ones that could impact life on Earth.

The powerful solar wind may come from tiny jets of plasma. The solar wind is a barrage of charged particles, and how exactly those particles flow out from the sun has been under debate for decades – ...

A new study has revealed an unexpected link between solar storms and the flux of high-energy cosmic rays arriving at Earth.

The sun's rotation produces changes in its magnetic field, which flips completely every 11 years or so, triggering a phase of intense activity. Solar flares—huge eruptions from the surface of the sun ...

The explosion on the Sun’s surface, which launched the cloud, originated from Region 4461 and was categorised as an M1.8 mid-range solar flare.

A U.S. government agency said a weaker repeat of Saturday’s powerful solar storm was likely on Sunday. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that “coronal mass ejections” — ...

PASADENA, Calif.–In orbit around Earth is a wide range of satellites that we rely on for everything from television and radio feeds to GPS navigation. Although these spacecraft soar high above storms ...

A stunning solar "waterfall" has been spotted on the surface of the sun. The picture, taken by astrophotographer Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau on March 9, shows a wall of plasma being shot "some 100,000 ...