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The Sun Hurls its Most Powerful Flare in a Decades
The Sun has been vying for attention these last couple of weeks. First with the appearance of a fabulous complex…
The Sun Gets Feisty, Throwing Off Three X-Class Flares Within 24 Hours
The Sun is heading toward solar maximum (which is likely to be about a year away) and as it does,…
Look at How Much the Sun Has Changed in Just Two Years
The solar cycle has been reasonably well understood since 1843 when Samuel Schwabe spent 17 years observing the variation of…
A Sunspot, Revealed in Incredible Detail by Europe’s Newly Upgraded GREGOR Telescope
I wear glasses for astigmatism. But, as a stargazer with a visual impediment, turns out I’m in good company. The…
Curiosity Rover Snaps Photos of Comet Siding Spring, Giant Sunspot and Mars-shine
NASA's Curiosity Rover spends most of its time staring at the ground, but like humans, it looks up once in a while too.…
Beastly Sunspot Amazes, Heightens Eclipse Excitement
That's one big, black blemish on the Sun today! Rarely have we been witness to such an enormous sunspot. Lifting…
Awesome Photo Shows Monster Sunspot Aiming Our Way
It's a-comin': a "monster" sunspot is steadily rotating around the Sun's southern hemisphere and will soon be in position to fire…
Aurora Watch! Two Solar Particle Blasts Could Start Smacking Into Earth Friday
Bim, bam, smash! The Sun hurled two clouds of particles in our general direction, putting space weather watchers on alert.…
A Stunning Image of our Home Star
Active regions 2108 and 2109 are now passing around the limb of the Sun, but not before solar photography specialist Alan…
These Are Really, Really Big Sunspots Facing Earth Right Now
Do you feel like you're in the firing gallery? These sunspots are practically square-on to Earth right now. Although they…