We take a look at how big these cooler regions of our star can get
The European Space Agency aim to construct a spacecraft that will warn us about perilous incoming solar activity
The new view provides solar scientists with a unique tool for exploring how charged particles are accelerated to nearly the speed of light
The cause of high-rise clouds seen appearing suddenly in the martian atmosphere may have been identified
The exoplanet could have been made hostile by vast quantities of radiation
An impressive outburst from the solar surface was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory this month
Earth dodged a huge magnetic bullet from our Sun on July 23, 2012
The Sun has reached its solar maximum where its surface should be peppered with sunspots and erupting with solar flares and coronal mass ejections but, according to spacecraft, our star hasn’t been this inactive since 100 years ago. It has released the odd solar flare, however, and you can learn more about them here.