By tracing solar flare gamma rays, scientists gain new insight into particle behavior that shapes space weather forecasts.

Solar physicists say they have found a key source of intense gamma rays unleashed when Earth's nearest star produces its most ...

NJIT researchers have identified a class of high-energy particles responsible for the Sun’s mysterious and long-lasting gamma ...

Beautiful yet dangerous solar flares that erupt from the sun could be as hot as 180 million degrees Fahrenheit, researchers say. That's more than six times hotter than solar physicists previously ...

A trio of solar flares, similar to the one pictured from 2012, erupted from the sun this week, disrupting communications on Earth. File Photo courtesy of NASA Nov. 5 (UPI) --A moderate solar flare ...

The sun is not only our closest stellar neighbor, it's also the star we understand the most. As we've observed it over the ...

LAS CRUCES — The eerie yet beautiful auroras that delivered pink and green nighttime skies across New Mexico and much of the U.S. this month are the result of geomagnetic storms caused by solar ...