During a close approach to the Sun, the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter watched that tipping point unfold in unusually ...

A massive solar filament erupted today (May 7), producing a stunning display that spanned the sun's eastern limb and reached deep into the solar disk. "The sun is doing just enough to show that it ...

Solar Orbiter captured the most detailed view of a solar flare, observing the build-up of events that lead to the explosion.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a huge filament eruption in multiple wavelengths. Credit: Space.com | footage ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams, helioviewer.org A massive solar ...

A couple of days ago, NASA’s solar dynamics observatory captured this spectacular video of a filament of gas arcing in the sun’s magnetic fields. This image shows what the event looked like in extreme ...

Solar Orbiter observations show that a medium-class solar flare formed through cascading magnetic reconnection events, ...

A plume of "dark plasma" is heading toward Earth after being burped out by the sun. This coronal mass ejection (CME) was flung out from a long magnetic filament on the sun's surface and is set to ...

Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter ...

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