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I watched the moon 'take a bite of the sun' in a rare hybrid solar eclipse last week. Here's what I saw from Australia.
By Jamie Carter published
From my viewpoint in the Exmouth Gulf of Western Australia, the solar eclipse's totality brought a colossal corona and a dramatic drifting diamond ring.
A very rare 'hybrid' solar eclipse will take place Thursday, here's how to watch
By Ben Turner published
A rare hybrid solar eclipse will appear over Oceania and Southeast Asia on Thursday, April 20. Here's what it means and how to watch it.
Solar flares created in the lab for 1st time
By Harry Baker published
Researchers were able to replicate how solar flares form by creating banana-sized loops of plasma in a lab. The results show that the mini flares are an excellent proxy for studying the real things.
Sun's fiery surface revealed in amazing composite of 90,000 images
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Astrophotographers have created an incredible image of the sun by piecing together thousands of photographs.
Most powerful solar storm in 6 years caused auroras all over the US. And nobody saw it coming.
By Hannah Osborne published
A severe geomagnetic storm from a huge hole in the sun's corona caused a massive disturbance in Earth's magnetic field. The surprise event sparked auroras as far south as Alabama and northern California.
Enormous 'hole' in the sun's atmosphere will trigger stunning auroras Friday
By Brandon Specktor published
An enormous coronal hole wider than 20 Earths has opened in the sun's atmosphere, and NOAA experts predict a moderate geomagnetic storm Friday (March 24) as a result.
60,000-mile-tall 'plasma waterfall' snapped showering the sun with impossibly fast fire
By Harry Baker published
A massive wall of falling plasma, known as a polar crown prominence, was recently captured in a stunningly-detailed new photo of the sun.
Stunning plasma-winged 'butterfly' coronal mass ejection erupts from the sun's farside
By Ben Turner published
Astronomers spotted a massive coronal mass ejection (CME) expanding its ethereal wings as it barrelled out of the sun and toward Mercury.
Puzzle of the sun's mysterious 'heartbeat' signals finally solved
By Harry Baker published
After studying an unusual solar eruption from 2017, researchers think they've pinpointed the likely origin of mysterious heartbeat-like signals emitted by the sun during solar flares.
Powerful X-class flare spat out a rare 'solar tsunami,' and you can hear it smashing into Earth
By Harry Baker published
The sun recently spat out an X-class solar flare, one of the most powerful it can emit, which triggered a rare shockwave across the sun's surface and caused radio blackouts on Earth.
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