A team of scientists has recorded one of the most detailed views ever of a failed solar eruption, a powerful blast from the ...

Astronomers tracked a powerful solar eruption that rose like a coronal mass ejection before collapsing back onto the Sun. The ...

For decades, scientists have struggled to see the outermost layer of the Sun, called the corona, with enough detail to unlock its secrets. This region, which blazes at millions of degrees and throws ...

A coronal mass ejection is expected to shoot past Earth on Tuesday night, with parts of the plume glancing the atmosphere ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A flaring sunspot appeared ...

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 ...

The new computer simulations are based on a magnetic field structure that is often associated with prominences: the magnetic field lines in the corona form a double arc with a small dip in the middle.

What a sunspot show it was. The huge group, AR 2673, visible with the naked eye, produced an X9.3 flare on September 6th, the most powerful recorded since 2005. For the next few days, it quieted down ...

A newly active area on the sun is responsible for dozens of eruptions known as solar flares, including back-to-back X-class flares earlier this week. Solar flares typically originate from active ...

A viral photo shows a commercial jet transiting the Sun alongside glowing solar prominences captured over six days.