Life in the solar system may not entirely end when the sun begins its dramatic transformation into a red giant star. Instead, a brief window of potential habitability may open…
A stunning solar eruption captured on video on the night of May 12-13 has revealed a 600,000-mile-long filament blasting away from the sun's northern hemisphere. The outburst occurred around 8…
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has made its second close flyby of the sun. The spacecraft travelled at a speed of 692000 kilometres per hour. It moved within 6.1 million kilometres…
Two NASA missions aimed at advancing space research are scheduled for launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on March 2 from Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base…
New findings have revealed that tiny plasma jets on the Sun play a significant role in driving both the fast and slow solar wind. Observations have been made using high-resolution…
A massive coronal hole stretching over 800,000 kilometres has been detected on the Sun's surface, releasing high-speed solar wind toward Earth. This phenomenon is expected to intensify auroral activity on…
A massive coronal hole stretching over 800,000 kilometres has been detected on the Sun's surface, releasing high-speed solar wind toward Earth. This phenomenon is expected to intensify auroral activity on…
The study of the Sun and its influence on the solar system is expected to make significant strides in 2025. The year will bring new developments driven by an active…
This week, solar activity has been particularly intense, with the sun releasing powerful solar flares, including an X1.3-class flare on Thursday, September 12. The eruption, coming from an unnumbered sunspot,…
New research from the Hubble Space Telescope and NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission reveals that Mars sheds water more quickly when it is closest to the Sun.…