A new study has uncovered a connection between solar flares—sudden outbursts of radiation from stars—and short-term weather patterns on distant Earth-like planets. Published in The Astronomical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare — seen as the bright flash near the center — on Nov. 6, ...

What happens to a satellite when the Sun becomes less of a distant light source and more of an active engineering hazard?

After weeks of relative quiet, the Sun has erupted with a series of powerful solar flares, signaling a return to more active space weather conditions. Over the weekend, three M-class solar flares were ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 27th close approach to the Sun in March 2026, gathering data from the corona to ...