Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ESA's Solar Orbiter mission will face the Sun from within the orbit of Mercury at its closest approach. (CREDIT: ESA) The star at ...

Our Sun may appear calm from Earth’s vantage point, but the space surrounding it is a tumultuous environment. Recent studies, such as one led by the team at theLeibniz Institute for Astrophysics ...

Indian scientists have captured the birth of a powerful solar shock wave using Aditya-L1. The breakthrough could improve space weather forecasting and protect satellites, GPS and communication systems ...

Our sun can seem deceptively peaceful from Earth, but only because we have the luxury of living 150 million kilometers away. Up close, it's a nuclear-fuelled carnival ride of terror, launching ...

Are the Sun’s most dangerous particles split into just two families? New evidence from the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter mission suggests just that and the implications for forecasting space ...

Commonly seen velocity dispersion feature is marked with blue circles in lower energy range observed by Solar Orbiter, while the onset of inverse velocity particles is indicated with orange triangles ...

NASA has always made it a point to encourage us citizen scientists to lend them a hand. Right now, they could really use your help protecting Earth against waves of punishing, disruptive solar winds.

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

Solar Orbiter observed more than 300 bursts of ‘Solar Energetic Electrons’ between November 2020 and December 2022. For the first time, we clearly see the connection between the energetic electrons in ...

Please join the Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology on Thursday, March 27, at 11am for a virtual seminar by Jamie S. Rankin, "Survey of Energetic Particles Viewed by Parker Solar Probe." ...

The star at the center of the solar system does more than provide light and warmth. It also acts as the most powerful particle accelerator in the neighborhood, whipping electrons to near-light speed ...