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A 12,000-mile-deep 'canyon of fire' has opened on the sun, spitting intense solar wind toward Earth
By Tereza Pultarova published
Filaments of plasma escaped from a fiery canyon that opened on the sun's surface on Sunday (April 3) and might bring more auroras to Earth later this week.
The sun let out another flare and the photos are stunning
By Tereza Pultarova published
NASA captured another solar flare blasting from the same overactive sunspot that triggered radio blackouts and stunning aurora displays on Earth.
'Cannibal' coronal mass ejection will hit Earth at nearly 2 million mph, scientists say
By Ben Turner published
The giant solar flare is a combination of two massive ejections from the sun's surface.
The sun: Facts about the bright star at the center of the solar system
By Robert Lea published
Reference The sun is the solar system's central star and enables all life on Earth to exist and flourish.
Powerful solar flare from recent sun eruption should reach Earth Wednesday
By Chelsea Gohd published
A powerful solar flare has been traveling through space and will arrive at Earth Wednesday (Feb. 2).
Ancient solar storm smashed Earth at the wrong part of the sun's cycle — and scientists are concerned
By Brandon Specktor published
Researchers detected a powerful solar storm that hit Earth 9,200 years ago. Strangely, the storm hit during a solar minimum -- and scientists worry it could happen again.
China's $1 trillion 'artificial sun' fusion reactor just got five times hotter than the sun
By Ben Turner published
The experimental fusion reactor sustained the temperatures for a record-breaking 17 minutes.
Watch 'coronal streamers' streak off the sun in close-up video from Parker Solar Probe
By Elizabeth Howell published
A new video of solar streamers evokes the streaking stars seen during spacecraft hyperdrives in "Star Wars."
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