The sun is an incomprehensibly gigantic, constantly roiling nuclear furnace—but some days are even busier than others. Based on data collected by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, our solar system’s ...
Our solar system is a weird place. Much more than a home to eight planets, it’s filled with a myriad of fascinating other smaller bodies, including moons, asteroids, and comets. In recent decades, ...
The active sun is kicking into overdrive and we could be in for yet more dazzling auroras. In the early morning hours today (Aug. 14), the sun unleashed the most powerful class of solar flare, in a ...