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 ...

The European Space Agency has quietly added a major piece to its global space communications network with the inauguration of ...

Images captured by NASA's Parker Solar Probe as the spacecraft made its record-breaking closest approach to the sun in December 2024 have now revealed new details about how solar magnetic fields ...

When interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS exhibited some peculiar movements, speculation arose regarding potential alien origins. But the research doesn't agree.

Interstellar objects are so uncommon as to be subject to observation only once every few years and so far we learn something ...

Scientists watched a solar flare grow from tiny magnetic sparks into a violent plasma-raining avalanche on the Sun.

Solar Orbiter observations show that a medium-class solar flare formed through cascading magnetic reconnection events, ...

In May 2024, Earth was slammed by the worst geomagnetic storm in more than 20 years, which disrupted radio signals, power grids, and satellites. The storm originated from an active solar region known ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

In May 2024, the strongest solar storm in twenty years raged. An international team led by ETH Zurich observed it. Their findings are now helping to improve space weather forecasts. Our sun rotates ...

MAVEN was built to last in orbit until 2030 — that's not looking likely anymore.