"This is one of the most exciting results from Solar Orbiter so far." ...

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

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

Earth faced its most violent solar assault of 2026 when an X-class flare erupted from the sun's surface on January 18, ...

F or all of its life-sustaining energy, the sun is pretty chaotic. Roiling plasma covers its surface along with fluidic snarls of magnetic fields that birth solar flares. These fiery outbursts occur ...

By tracing solar flare gamma rays, scientists gain new insight into particle behavior that shapes space weather forecasts.

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

In principle, cosmic-ray observations can provide detailed insights into the physical profile of a passing ICME. But despite ...

An astonishing celestial event has been captured on camera, revealing a solar tornado and a massive plasma eruption unfolding on the Sun’s surface at the exact same moment. Romanian space scientist ...

The sun is governed by a strict rhythm. The magnetic activity of the sun displays a cyclic variation, reaching a maximum approximately every eleven years. Two enormous plasma circulations, each in one ...

Did you know it rains on the Sun? Not water, of course. It's solar rain, which occurs in the Sun's corona, the outermost layer composed of intensely hot plasma. This phenomenon involves cooler, ...