A sprawling and highly active sunspot complex is turning toward Earth just as a recent solar eruption sends a glancing blow ...

X-ray telescopes catch a black hole firing ultra-fast winds at 60,000 km/s, revealing how flares trigger extreme cosmic ...

Sunspot: A massive sunspot cluster, almost as big as the one from the 1859 Carrington Event, now faces Earth. Scientists ...

A massive sunspot complex, AR 4294-96, has rotated into view, nearly matching the size of the Carrington Event sunspot.

Sunspots can unleash powerful X-class flares, and they also spew out charged particles that can trigger auroras near the polar regions, said Arvind Paranjpye, director of Mumbai’s Nehru Planetarium.

A massive sunspot cluster, reminiscent of the infamous Carrington Event, has emerged on the sun's surface, sparking intrigue ...

A massive new sunspot complex, dubbed AR 4294-4296, has emerged on the sun and is facing directly at Earth. The dark patch is ...

On Dec. 2, 1995, NASA launched the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, also known as SOHO. This sun-monitoring satellite is a ...

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On December 1, 2025, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory observed a large spot on the Sun, known as Active Region (AR) 4294-96. This is the largest sunspot recorded in the past ten years and is believed ...

A geomagnetic storm watch has been issued after a powerful solar flare over the weekend. The solar flare peaked at 9:49 p.m. EST on Sunday, November 30, said NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which ...

A geomagnetic storm watch has been issued after a powerful solar flare over the weekend. The solar flare peaked at 9:49 p.m. EST on Sunday, November 30, said NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which ...