At 90 million miles away, a gigantic star, 109 times larger than the Earth, is spinning around, leading the entire solar system and all of its planets along with it. But the Sun has its own timetable, ...
In the span of two days last week, the sun released two strong solar flares — meaning the solar system experienced its most powerful explosions which can cause some communications blackouts on Earth, ...
The sun is not a static, tranquil sphere of gas, but an active, turbulent star with magnetic fields that twist and snap in powerful eruptions. Among the most striking and energetic of these eruptions ...