By tracing solar flare gamma rays, scientists gain new insight into particle behavior that shapes space weather forecasts.
The massive sunspot that sparked an "extreme" geomagnetic storm in May 2024 unleashed hundreds of other dangerous solar ...
A patch of turmoil on the Sun can feel far away, until it reaches into your daily life. In 2024, one solar region became so ...
Scientists have long studied the sun, our solar system’s life-giving star, trying to understand its behavior, solar flares, and how it affects Earth. While we all rely on the sun for warmth and light, ...
Solar physicists say they have found a key source of intense gamma rays unleashed when Earth's nearest star produces its most ...
New SwRI-led research connects circular flare ribbons, as observed with by Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope during the M4.7-class solar flare on May 3, 2023, with energy released by repeated bursts of ...
A dark, sharply defined opening in the Sun’s outer atmosphere has grown at an unusually fast pace, doubling in size in ...
Plasma astrophysicists at KU Leuven have created the first self-consistent simulation of the physical processes that occur during a solar flare. The researchers used Flemish supercomputers and a new ...