By tracing solar flare gamma rays, scientists gain new insight into particle behavior that shapes space weather forecasts.

Space, with its vastness and beauty, also hides potential threats that could spell disaster for humanity. While many cosmic ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: SDO/AIC/NASA The sun has had an active few days, firing several powerful solar flares and ...

A single patch on the Sun recently stayed hyperactive for 94 straight days, hurling flare after flare into space and setting ...

The sun is not a static, tranquil sphere of gas, but an active, turbulent star with magnetic fields that twist and snap in powerful eruptions. Among the most striking and energetic of these eruptions ...

Solar physicists say they have found a key source of intense gamma rays unleashed when Earth's nearest star produces its most ...

A high-powered solar flare erupted from the sun last week, causing a major radio blackout in Europe and Asia. The eruption happened at 3:25 a.m., meaning that the sun wasn't in the Texas sky at the ...

In the span of two days last week, the sun released two strong solar flares — meaning the solar system experienced its most powerful explosions which can cause some communications blackouts on Earth, ...

This was the view as a multi-colored curtain of aurora formed to the south in my sky during the great display of Northern Lights on May 10, 2024. The Kp Index peaked at 8 this night bringing the ...

It’s another startling picture of our very own Sun that might pass for a CGI still from a summer disaster flick. You know, right before our backyard star reaches across the void with fingers of fire ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A spot on the sun 10 times larger than Earth has been seen ...