The sun has released several powerful M- and X-class solar flares over the past few days, resulting in radio blackouts around ...

The plasma can be seen billowing into space along the sun's magnetic field lines. Image of the sun in ultraviolet light. The plasma can be seen billowing into space along the sun's magnetic field ...

Scientists have developed a new computer model to explore the the interstellar medium, in turn generating stunning images ...

Typically, convection helps move heat from inside the sun to the solar surface, but this process becomes disrupted when charged particles are forced to follow the magnetic field lines clustering ...

On 14 May 2025, the Sun erupted with the biggest flare we've seen all year. From the eastern limb of the Sun – that is, the left side – active sunspot region (AR) 4087 erupted in a huge, X2.7 solar ...

This map, showing the line-of-sight direction of the sun's magnetic field, is also called a magnetogram. ESA & NASA / Solar Orbiter / PHI Team CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO In the third image—the velocity ma ...

These arches of plasma follow the sun's magnetic field lines, which grow larger and more complex as the sun reaches its solar maximum, the peak period in its activity. It's so complex that the ...