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

“This is the longest continuous series of images ever created for a single active region: It’s a milestone in solar physics,” ...

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

Researchers followed a single solar hotspot for 3 months as it unleashed nearly 1,000 flares, revealing insights about our Sun's fury.

The Sun’s most violent flares are turning out to be even more extreme than I, or many solar physicists, had imagined. By ...

Researchers have identified a newly recognized type of extremely energetic particles located in the Sun’s upper atmosphere, revealing a phenomenon that had not been detected before. Solar scientists r ...

Cryptocurrency investors face an unusual danger lurking 93 million miles away. Solar flares, massive bursts of energy from the sun’s surface, can interfere with the digital infrastructure that keeps ...

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