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Sun fires off X-class solar flare, increasing aurora viewing chances into weekend
The sun unleashed an X1.3-class solar flare on Thursday (Sept. 12), increasing the likelihood of widespread auroras this weekend.
7 years ago today, the sun unleashed a record-breaking solar flare
As August 2024 set another 20-year high for sunspots, recent solar flares have yet to top two solar flares from September 2017 that still hold unbroken records.
Watch a 100,000-mile-high tower of plasma erupt from the sun in this stunning video
Astrophotographer Mark Johnston got a front row seat to an epic fireworks show when he filmed a 100,000-mile-high tower of plasma erupting from the sun.
Lucky alignment of 2 spacecraft reveals how solar wind gets a magnetic push
Energy-packed plasma waves pump enough energy into streams of solar wind to propel them to their unexpectedly high speeds, observations by two sun-studying spacecraft suggest.
'A lot has changed': NOAA is rewriting the book on how to rank solar storms
NOAA is researching how to update its Space Weather Scales and how it can better communicate its space weather forecasts with the public and government agencies.
The sun hides its age with magnetic activity
Measurements of the sun's age via oscillations that ripple through it can vary depending on whether those measurements are made near solar minimum or maximum.
The sun might've just had a record-breaking number of visible sunspots
For the first time in more than 20 years, the daily record for sunspots is likely to be broken during Solar Cycle 25.
Intense solar storm opens '2-way highway' for charged particles, sparking rare auroras on the sun
Auroras on Earth occur when storms from our sun engulf our planet. In a rare cosmic feat last April, our planet returned the favor.
