Solar flares can send charged particles across vast distances and if they erupt while aimed our way, they can cause issues ...

A minor geomagnetic storm (level 1 of 5) is likely this week, according to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center. Typically, a geomagnetic storm needs to be at least moderate strength (level 2 of 5) ...

ANU Astrophysicist and Cosmologist Dr Brad Tucker examines a recent solar flare captured by NASA. “All these little solar flares and ejections of gas and material are relatively small on the ...

Welcome to July star seeds and the oceanic, homebound feels of Cancer season. As we embark on the month ahead, we will do so ...

Our sun is classified as a G2 medium-sized star. We believe it’s about four billion, 600 million years old, halfway through its lifetime. It burns four million tons of hydrogen every ...

Moving from the outer layer inward, the first layer is the corona — the outermost part of the sun’s atmosphere that is actually hotter than the sun’s surface. This is followed by the chromosphere — a ...

Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...

They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

The latest solar flare follows an M-class one, the second-highest on the scale, that occurred days earlier on June 15. It ...

The mystery of Mercury's missing meteorites, and how we may have finally found some. Jun 25, 2025. ... Solar flares from host stars can trigger rapid atmospheric changes on Earth-like exoplanets, ...

On June 15th, a significant M8.46 solar flare from sunspot region AR 4114 caused shortwave radio blackouts, particularly affecting the Americas. NOAA classified it as an R2 event, impacting ...