Right now, the sun is covered in millions of Grand-Canyon-size jets of towering plasma. In a few minutes, they'll all be gone. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Sponges are among Earth's most ancient animals, but exactly when they evolved has long puzzled scientists. Genetic ...

Studies looking at how sponges have evolved on a molecular level have suggested that spicules should be present over 700 ...

Scientists refine the timeline of sponge origins, showing soft-bodied ancestors likely evolved later than some chemical ...

Tendrils of plasma near the surface of the sun emerge from realignments of magnetic fields and pump heat into the corona, the sun’s tenuous outer atmosphere, a study suggests. The new observation, ...

Earth’s first sponges may have been ghostly, soft-bodied pioneers—ancient animals that evolved long before their skeletons ...

Picture is copyright Emily S. Damstra and used by permission. Müller and colleagues carefully studied the formation of these giganto-spicules and found formation was helped along the way by silicatein ...

Researchers developed a detailed computer simulation that shows how spicules form and can break out from the Sun’s surface and rapidly surge upwards NASA The Sun's surface is constantly active with ...

For the first time, a computer simulation -- so detailed it took a full year to run -- shows how spicules form, helping scientists understand how spicules can break free of the sun's surface and surge ...