The Sun has a weather pattern of its own, and one of the strangest is the solar rain that falls in its atmosphere during flares.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket pierced the Wednesday morning sky as it launched three spacecraft from NASA and NOAA that will study the solar system’s “bubble,” collect information on ...

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For the study, the researchers modeled the influence of “flux ropes,” which are relatively smaller, tornado-like spirals of ...

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Spirals of solar wind can spin off larger solar eruptions and disrupt Earth's magnetic field, yet they are too difficult to ...

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Astronomy news today is packed with discoveries about the Sun, including tiny solar loops and hidden engines that drive solar ...

Sunspot AR3234 blasted an X2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple ...

Extremely active sunspot AR3664 blasted a major X8.7-class solar flare. The sunspot was behind the incredible geomagnetic storms that recently bathed Earth in auroras. Credit: Space.com | footage ...