Isotope ratios found in meteorites suggest that a supernova exploded nearby while the Sun and Solar System were still forming. But the blast wave from a supernova that close could have potentially ...

Beautiful swirls of green and red lights appeared in the sky over Whitehorse, a town in the Canadian territory of Yukon, on the night of 3 September. The lights were caused by a whip-like solar ...

NASA has released stunning images of a solar filament bursting out of the sun. The “elongated solar filament,” extended almost half the sun's visible hemisphere, according to NASA, and erupted into ...

A massive solar storm erupted from the sun today, creating a huge tendril of plasma that stretched across the face of the star. The giant solar eruption created a long filament of magnetic plasma, ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. The sun ...

Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental process of topology change and energy release, taking place in plasmas on the Sun, in space, in astrophysical objects and in the laboratory. However, ...

Double solar eruptions could spark G2 geomagnetic storms and auroras above northern U.S. states on April 16. Keep your eyes on the skies! When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

A giant filament has appeared on the surface of the sun — and NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has captured images of the long, dark formation. Straightened out, the serpentine filament would measure ...