Solar Orbiter captured the most detailed view of a solar flare, observing the build-up of events that lead to the explosion.

Solar physicists have long known that the sun stores staggering amounts of magnetic energy, but the exact trigger that lets ...

Sparked by a fast-moving solar storm, the Northern Lights may stretch far to the south tonight, and might even be visible ...

ESA's Proba-3 mission, made up of twin spacecraft capable of aligning to create artificial eclipses, has captured "rare" ...

The ESA's Solar Orbiter has discovered that solar flares act like avalanches, growing from weak disturbances into powerful ...

Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter ...

Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter ...

Bright auroras could be seen for several hours.

The Southern Lights may be visible from South Africa this evening with the right equipment, as a solar storm is expected to ...

Solar Orbiter has captured the clearest evidence yet that a solar flare grows through a cascading “magnetic avalanche.” Small, weak magnetic disturbances rapidly multiplied, triggering stronger and ...