NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured sunspot AR3386 blast a long-duration X1.6-class solar flare and X1 flare. See time-lapses of the flares in multiple wavelengths. Credit Space.com | footage c ...

How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) ...

Sunspot AR3186 erupted with an X1-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple wavelengths. Credit: NASA/SDO/HelioViewer| edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta ...

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NASA's GOLD mission found unexpected, and unexplainable, C-shapes and X-shaped formations in part of Earth's atmosphere ...

Stunning footage shot from space captured the stunning moment that the aurora borealis appeared to dance over the Earth — in the wake of a geomagnetic storm. NASA astronaut Anne McClain captured the ...

The black holes sit in the centres of faraway galaxies. They stayed dark for years before tearing into massive stars. After ...

Recent geomagnetic storms have given an increased chance of seeing the Northern Lights and this one followed a solar flare ...

New research led by a Southwest Research Institute scientist identified a new source of energetic particles near the Sun.

Scientists have identified a new source of energetic particles near the Sun. These definitive observations were made by instruments aboard NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which detected the powerful ...

Astronomy has lost one of its most assiduous calculators of eclipses with the passing of astronomer Fred Espenak, known ...

New research led by a Southwest Research Institute scientist identified a new source of energetic particles near the sun.