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What Was the Carrington Event?
In 1859, the Sun gave off the most powerful solar flare on record. A blast of radiation and particles so…
Shape-shifting neutrinos earn physicists the 2015 Nobel
What do Albert Einstein, Neils Bohr, Paul Dirac, and Marie Curie have in common? They each won the Nobel prize in…
This Video About Solar Superstorms is Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch and It Looks Awesome.
What's better than a full 180-degree digital theater experience that takes you into the heart of our Sun to see…
Watch an Enormous “Plasma Snake” Erupt from the Sun
Over the course of April 28–29 a gigantic filament, briefly suspended above the surface* of the Sun, broke off and…
Orbiting Solar Observatory Sees It Burn, Burn, Burn: The Ring of Fire
Did you catch the solar eclipse on October 23? If so, you saw the Moon "take a bite" out of…
Enjoy This Eye-Meltingly Awesome Photo of Our Sun
Here's yet another glorious photo of our home star, captured and processed by New York artist and photographer Alan Friedman on…
The Sun Fires Off a Third X-Class Flare
Remember yesterday when we mentioned two X-class flares erupting from the Sun within the space of about an hour? We…
This Was the Best Watched Solar Flare Ever
Are giant dragons flying out of the Sun? No, this is much more awesome than that: it's an image of…
Astronomy Cast 322: SOHO
As we've mentioned before, the Sun is a terrifying ball of plasma. It's a good thing we're keeping an eye…
Watch the Sun Split Apart
Here's your amazing oh-my-gosh-space-is-so-cool video of the day -- a "canyon of fire" forming on the Sun after the liftoff…