By tracing solar flare gamma rays, scientists gain new insight into particle behavior that shapes space weather forecasts.

A New Mexico State University (NMSU) astronomy Ph.D. student, who was leading a data cataloging project, findings link ...

The massive sunspot that sparked an "extreme" geomagnetic storm in May 2024 unleashed hundreds of other dangerous solar ...

“This is the longest continuous series of images ever created for a single active region: It’s a milestone in solar physics,” ...

Solar physicists say they have found a key source of intense gamma rays unleashed when Earth's nearest star produces its most ...

The sun is not only our closest stellar neighbor, it's also the star we understand the most. As we've observed it over the ...

Aman Priyadarshi Kumar, New Mexico State University astronomy Ph.D. student, didn’t start his graduate studies with solar ...

An international team of researchers tracked the active solar region using the Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint NASA and ...

Researchers have identified a newly recognized type of extremely energetic particles located in the Sun’s upper atmosphere, revealing a phenomenon that had not been detected before. Solar scientists r ...

New findingspublished in The Astrophysical Journal Letterssuggest that solar flares—massive explosions of energy in the Sun’s atmosphere—may be up to 6.5 times hotter than scientists previously ...

The powerful belch of material ejected during a solar flare may be way hotter than scientists thought it was. A new mathematical analysis suggests that the engine driving solar flares is far more ...