The sun's surface is a brilliant display of sunspots and flares driven by the solar magnetic field, which is internally generated through a process called dynamo action. Astrophysicists have assumed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A photograph of the sun showing swirling formations of fire on its surface. A new visualization from the European Space Agency ...

At first glance, it looks like a pan full of perfectly popped popcorn. But what you’re actually seeing is something far more ...

Flares from the sun are some of the nastiest things in the solar system. When the sun flares, it belches out intense X-ray radiation (and sometimes even worse). Predicting solar flares is a tricky job ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Solar Orbiter spacecraft has sent home the highest resolution images of the sun's surface to date, providing fresh views of ...

They say beauty is only skin deep, and apparently so is the Sun’s magnetic field, according to a recent study. The Sun’s magnetic field is shallow, suggests new research, which used computer ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A space photographer has shared an image of a huge prominence on the ...

For six and a half days in July 2024, the balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise III kept its gaze fixed on the sun. The ...

NASA and the European Space Agency released the closest pictures of the sun ever taken last week. Animation courtesy of Solar Orbiter/EUI Team (ESA & NASA); CSL, IAS, MPS, PMOD/WRC, ROB, UCL/MSSL Our ...

Our Sun is far from a smooth, white ball in the sky. Twisting and looping magnetic field lines rise from its surface like hair, causing dark, transient patches on the surface called sunspots wherever ...

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 ...