Solar flares, the immense bursts of radiation from the sun, have long fascinated scientists and enthusiasts alike. But beyond ...

Use the best solar binoculars to get a better look at the upcoming partial solar eclipse on March 29 while protecting your ...

Discover how iron's opacity in the sun challenges scientific models, and how researchers are working to resolve the discrepancy.

Viltrox's first professional LAB lens gets the Z-mount treatment, and I've already had the chance to test the lens for ...

More than 50 years after Apollo 8’s legendary Earthrise photo, a new image from the Moon’s surface delivers a hauntingly ...

Following a successful launch in the early hours of Wednesday morning (12 March 2025) U.K. time, the PUNCH spacecraft are ...

Could a solar flare destroy our planet? While they might sound scary, solar flares aren’t likely to destroy the planet. Most that we have experienced in the past have simply led to geomagnetic ...

That's called a sun pillar. According to the National Weather Service, the optical phenomenon appears as a vertical shaft of light, visible most often at sunrise or sundown. SEE ALSO: Sunshine and ...

An international team, including an Oregon State University astrophysicist, has confirmed a 19-year-old theory on solar flare formation by observing “slip-running” reconnections of the sun’s magnetic ...

Aditya-L1’s SUIT detects a solar flare kernel in near-UV for the first Observations confirm energy transfer across different solar layers Findings published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters ...

The telescope's optical resolution is about 1.5 arcminutes ... The students had planned to use this data to study solar flare events and deduce how coronal plasma is heated during flare events.

A dazzling display of the Northern Lights will be visible over parts of 10 U.S. states and all of Canada on March 1, 2025, due to a powerful stream of plasma from the sun. The best viewing times ...