When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/SDO Two loops of "dark" plasma exploded from the sun yesterday (July 21), and a NASA ...

Earlier this year, Earth experienced two geomagnetic storms caused by outbursts of radiation from the Sun, which had an impact on satellites in space and communication systems on the ground. As it ...

Explosive sunspot AR3663 and its bigger cousin AR3664 are the current main solar flare players, unleashing flare after flare. We're struggling to keep up! When you purchase through links on our site, ...

The sun has unleashed a powerful X-class solar flare today, peaking at 8:10 a.m. (1310 GMT) and triggering shortwave radio blackouts across South America, Africa and the Southern Atlantic. The solar ...

A giant S-shape structure, around 10 times wider than Earth, recently appeared in the center of the sun, moments before our home star unleashed an even larger plume of plasma that later crashed into ...

BOSTON - Forecasters believe that there is a legitimate chance for northern lights sightings in New England over the next few nights. For the second time in just a few months, the Earth is under a ...

"We've been able to show, for the very first time, that the sun's flare pulsations and Earth's atmosphere were pulsing in sync during a solar flare." When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

I’d wager a guess that we are, as a species, rather fond of our home planet (our wanton carbon emissions notwithstanding). But the ugly truth is that the Earth is doomed. Someday, the Sun will enter a ...

In the glare of the sun, an unknown number of near-Earth asteroids move on unseen orbits. A new generation of space telescopes could be our best defense against potential disaster. When you purchase ...

Our Sun, that steady burning ball of gas that has faithfully illuminated Earth for billions of years, is slowly but relentlessly growing brighter. This might sound like good news, but it's actually ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS was expected to come within 130 million miles of the sun on Oct. 30. For the time being, 3I/ATLAS will remain on the opposite side of the sun from Earth, making it impossible to observe ...

Earth, sun, moon: three objects in space whose interactions have a pretty big impact on our lives. Earth orbits the sun once a year, and it rotates on its axis about once a day (depending on your ...