Scientists suspect that smaller “tornadoes” of solar plasma and magnetic field may be escaping our detection.
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The IMAP probe will collect near real-time data about space weather.
A record-breakingly sharp image of a solar flare allowed astronomers to get a closer look into the...
The explosion created a 250,000-mile-long, boiling trench of hot plasma and debris in the star’s outer atmosphere.
Images from the Parker Solar Probe’s record-setting pass by the Sun last year are finally available.
As the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury is exposed to the star’s enormous gravitational field. And...
Scientists predict another solar eruption may take place today.
The European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission just changed the game for solar scientists.
A recent Venus flyby pushed the spacecraft out of Earth’s orbital plane, allowing it to gaze at...
