Northern lights occur when a solar flare interacts with Earth's atmosphere.

Using data collected by NASA's Parker Solar Probe during its closest approach to the sun, a University of Arizona-led ...

The flares are coming from a solar region that was created in late January.

The sun has had an active few days, firing several powerful solar flares and (plumes of searing-hot solar material out into space. On Tuesday (May 13), a sunspot on the sun's surface named AR4086 ...

For the first time, scientists have used satellite data to create a 3D map of the sun's interior magnetic field, the ...

Scientists have released the closest images ever taken near the sun, captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flying 3.8 million miles above the solar surface. In unprecedented detail, the visuals reveal ...

The sunspot region 4366 fired off dozens of powerful solar flares in 24 hours, including the single strongest flare since 2024. Auroras are possible later this week.

During a close approach to the Sun, the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter watched that tipping point unfold in unusually ...

How big it is: 865,000 miles (1.392 million kilometers) across How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) What type of star it is: A yellow dwarf star The sun is the star at the center of ...