The sun is slamming Earth with solar flares and high-speed eruptions of plasma. Rarer events are picking up too, like a solar polar vortex, holes on the sun, and a sun tornado. NASA footage shows the ...

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During the total solar eclipse, skywatchers saw ruby-colored prominences sticking out of the moon's shadow. Here's the science of those red dots This article is part of a special report on the total ...

A spectacular solar feature has been caught in action by the Solar Orbiter mission. On March 17, 2025, the spacecraft recorded a striking solar prominence as it hovered over the Sun’s limb. The ...

Thousands of solar tornadoes swirl above the sun’s surface at any given moment. These remarkable photos give us a glimpse at these stunning cosmic phenomena. The entire disc of the sun captured on ...