Alarming Study Finds New Evidence That the Sun Can Produce Catastrophic ‘Superflares’

Research has shown that stars like our Sun produce “superflares,” extreme solar flares more powerful than trillions of ...

To understand the solar cycle, notice how the sun sleeps

The sun is such a constant in our lives that it can be difficult to imagine our star ever changing. But the sun can be quite ...
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Solar Orbiter flew through the Sun’s magnetic border and found it is not flat

The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft passed through the region where the Sun’s magnetic field loses its grip ...

The Sun May Have Swallowed An Earth-Like Planet

Scientists say the sun may have swallowed a super-Earth billions of years ago, leaving chemical fingerprints that could still ...
Forbes

The Sun Is Now More Active Than NASA Predicted. It Could Be In Its Strongest Cycle Since Records Began

Not only is Earth suddenly spinning faster, but our Sun is getting more active than NASA predicted. The Sun appears to have a cycle of about 11 years during which it waxes and wanes. Its activity is ...
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Solar Orbiter Snaps Sharpest Ever Images of the Sun

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. NASA and the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft has sent ...
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Monster solar flare hurls 'sun burp' that could trigger Earth blackouts

A volatile region on the Sun has just fired off a monster solar flare, followed by a blast of charged particles that space-weather scientists liken to a colossal “sun burp.” That outflow, a coronal ...
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The Sun Was Supposed to Enter a Deep Sleep. Instead, It’s Ominously Waking Up.

The intensity of the Sun’s activity ebbs and flows across years, but also across decades—a behavior that scientists haven’t quite figured out yet. At the turn of the 21 st century, astrophysicists ...