[/caption] From a NASA Press Release: As people on Earth celebrate the holidays and prepare to ring in the New…
For several decades, scientists studying the sun have observed solar flares that appear to occur almost simultaneously but originated in…
[/caption] From a Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics press release: Our Sun can be a menace when it sends out…
[/caption]Presently, I've been reading a lot of very old papers and books in astronomy. The work I'm currently reading a…
An active sunspot (1123) erupted early this morning (Nov. 12th), producing a C4-class solar flare and apparently hurling a filament…
[/caption] Nowhere in the Solar System are conditions more extreme than the Sun. Every second it converts millions of tons…
[/caption] Residents around Johannesburg, South Africa were treated with a rare astronomical (or actually atmospheric) sight -- a halo around…
[/caption] Why is the sunset red? Awesome question. The most basic answer is that light is refracted by particles in…
[/caption] If you check out the Solar Dynamics Observatory website today to get an update of what the Sun is…
[/caption] "Now we know what it would look like if Jupiter and the sun had a child," joked Ralph Seguin…