The region was monitored from its birth on the far side of the Sun on April 16, 2024, until its decay after July 18, 2024.

The sun’s outer atmosphere resembles a pufferfish.

The massive sunspot that sparked an "extreme" geomagnetic storm in May 2024 unleashed hundreds of other dangerous solar ...

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 ...

Many people remember the solar storm of May 2024, which saw auroras spread into areas that very rarely get to see them.

“It’s a milestone in solar physics,” said Ioannis Kontogiannis, a solar physicist at the Swiss Federal Institute of ...

Where were you for the great solar storm of 2024? Sparked over the weekend of May 10 by several outbursts from the sun, this space weather event was the strongest geomagnetic storm in more than two ...

The sun's most active phase, solar maximum, officially arrived in 2024, triggering some explosive solar storms and colorful auroras. Here are 10 of our favorite solar outbursts this year. When you ...

In a development straight out of an iconic science fiction novel, laser beams from the Sun sent directly to Earth may be the ...

The sun is taking center stage with recent solar flare activity sparking modest space weather tomorrow, with an added metaphorical selfie as NASA recently released the first-ever images of the sun’s ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe dove extremely close to the solar surface on Dec. 24. The spacecraft should get nearer to the sun than any other human-made object in history — within 3.86 million miles. The ...

In February 2026, an annular solar eclipse, known as the "Ring of Fire", will occur on the 17th. This event will be ...