The recent close encounter of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS with our Sun has ignited a fiery debate among astronomers. The ...
In May 2024, part of the sun exploded. The sun is an immense ball of superheated gas called plasma. Because the plasma is conductive, magnetic fields loop out of the solar surface. Since different ...
Just in time for Halloween, NASA has released a print of the Sun that appears to be smiling. The picture, taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), shows a face-like pattern on the Sun’s ...