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Ancient superpowered solar storm that hit Earth 14,000 years ago is the 'biggest ever identified'
By Harry Baker published
High radiocarbon levels in the rings of subfossil tree stumps suggest that an incomprehensibly powerful solar storm, known as a "Miyake event," smashed into our planet more than 14 millennia ago.
See green comet Nishimura's tail get whipped away by powerful solar storm as it slingshots around the sun
By Harry Baker published
After surviving its closest approach to the sun, Comet Nishimura was buffeted by a possible coronal mass ejection that briefly blew its tail away. The rare event was captured by a NASA spacecraft.
Watch: NASA spacecraft flies through a violent solar explosion for 1st time ever — and survives unscathed
By Ben Turner published
NASA's Parker Solar Probe plunged through a hellish coronal mass ejection (CME) to capture its mysterious swirlings on film.
'Mystery explosion' on sun launches coronal mass ejection at Mars
By Harry Baker published
The sun has launched a surprise CME directly at Mars, which could spark auroras and damage the Red Planet's atmosphere when it hits on Sept. 1.
15 dazzling images of the sun
By Donavyn Coffey published
The sun is Earth's closest star, yet its beauty is too intense to appreciate with the naked eye. Here are some of the most stunning solar images that our satellites and telescopes have captured.
'Cannibal' coronal mass ejection that devoured 'dark eruption' from sun will smash into Earth today (July 18)
By Harry Baker published
Two coronal mass ejections have combined into an enormous cloud of magnetized plasma that is forecast to hit Earth on Tuesday and potentially trigger a weak geomagnetic storm.
Giant sunspot grew 10 times wider than Earth in just 48 hours, then spat X-class flare right at us
By Harry Baker published
The enormous dark patch and its powerful eruption are both signs that the solar maximum is fast approaching — and could be more active than expected.
Gargantuan 'superflare' from distant star may have launched one of the strongest solar storms ever seen
By Brandon Specktor published
Scientists studying a star system in Orion witnessed one of the most powerful stellar eruptions ever seen — and it could be devastating to nearby planets.
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