NASA-backed researchers identified how the Sun's thin tachocline layer stays stable, improving understanding of the magnetic ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe CRISTAL-02 and discovered a galaxy-killing wind.

Aurora sightings may become more common, and satellite communications and power grids can be disrupted, as solar activity peaks. Our nearest star is always volatile, but its magnetic action waxes and ...

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of solar flares on May 10 and 11, 2024. Credit: NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory NEW ORLEANS – If anything is safe from federal budget cuts in the next ...

The Sun has produced another powerful X-class solar flare, underscoring the heightened activity of Solar Cycle 25 and ...

A team at the Applied Physics Lab is working to understand the complex science behind predicting invisible threats that can ...

On May 14, 2024, the Sun emitted a strong solar flare. This solar flare is the largest of Solar Cycle 25. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center WASHINGTON — As the sun’s activity ramps up, a new ...

Bolstering its longstanding collaboration with NASA, the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at CU Boulder today enacted a collaborative Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Goddard Space ...

Space weather probe Vigil will be the world's first space weather mission to be permanently positioned at Lagrange point 5, a unique vantage point that allows us to see solar activity days before it ...

Our planet rests inside a magnetic cocoon filled with plasma—but it's not always peaceful and quiet. Activity from the sun can send waves through this space, and some of those disturbances can even ...

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space weather and technology on Earth, NASA announced this week. A new research, ...