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The sun may spit out giant solar flares more often than we thought

A survey of more than 56,000 sun-like stars reveals that “superflares” that are linked to bursts of radiation which play havoc with electronics on Earth may happen every 100 to 200 years and we may be overdue one

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The sun emitting a solar flare on 3 October 2024

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Parker Solar Probe will soon go deeper into the sun than ever before

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Parker Solar Probe will soon go deeper into the sun than ever before

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Dazzling auroras lit up the skies in 2024 and we may see more in 2025

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The sun's upper atmosphere, or corona, in ultraviolet light

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See the sun revealed in stunning glory by Solar Orbiter pictures

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Twin spacecraft will launch to create an artificial solar eclipse

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Primordial black holes crossing stars, orbit figures.

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Tiny black holes hiding in the sun could trace out stunning patterns

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This illustration lays a depiction of the sun's magnetic fields over an image captured by NASA?s Solar Dynamics Observatory. The complex overlay of lines can teach scientists about the ways the sun's magnetism changes in response to the constant movement on and inside the sun. CREDIT NASA/SDO/AIA/LMSAL http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07315-1

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Source of the sun’s magnetic field may hide right under its surface

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the Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern lights, putting on a show over Achmelvich beach, Sutherland, in the Highlands of Scotland, UK.

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How to see tonight's northern lights – the strongest in 20 years

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Mars is blasting plasma out of its atmosphere into space

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Kill the sun! How wild thought experiments drive scientific discovery

My colleagues call me a supervillain for trying to destroy the cosmos, but this kind of imaginative thinking isn't so far from what scientists do, says space reporter Leah Crane

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Eclipse chasers: Why NASA jets will pursue solar totality

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Eclipse chasers: Why NASA jets will pursue solar totality

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Why we study the sun’s corona during a total solar eclipse

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How solar eclipses have been revealing cosmic secrets for centuries

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One of NASA’s WB-57F research jets

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The ambitious plans to study the sun during April's solar eclipse

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