The sun’s outer atmosphere resembles a pufferfish.

From communications outages to a brush with nuclear war, solar events like flares and coronal mass ejections have shaped ...

Scientists have long studied the sun, our solar system’s life-giving star, trying to understand its behavior, solar flares, ...

(CNN) — For the first time, astronomers say they have spotted a giant explosion released by a star beyond our solar system. The eruption was similar in some ways to those unleashed by our sun, such as ...

Scientists tracked a single active region on the Sun for 94 days using two spacecraft, far beyond the typical two-week ...

ATLANTA — For the first time, astronomers say they have spotted a giant explosion released by a star beyond our solar system. The eruption was similar in some ways to those unleashed by our sun, such ...

The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center similarly upgraded its forecast from G3, meaning “strong,” to G4, indicating “severe” conditions, for Wednesday. Meanwhile, the British Geological Society says ...

Without photosynthesis we wouldn’t have food because it converts energy from the sun into chemical energy for the food chains. Image by Tim Sandle Without photosynthesis we wouldn’t have food because ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Severe solar storms on Tuesday produced colorful northern lights across the U.S., with some Floridians getting a chance to experience them. The brightness of the auroras and their ...

Space weather forecasters issued an alert on Tuesday for incoming severe solar storms that could produce colorful northern lights and temporarily disrupt communications. In the past few days, the sun ...