The Sun might be our closest and best-studied star, and yet it is still full of mysteries. One of them looks to have been ...

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Solar prominences, huge arcs of plasma hovering above the Sun, are getting fresh attention from scientists studying space ...

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Large amounts of matter are needed to create and sustain the massive plasma structures in the solar corona. New calculations ...

At more than one million degrees, the Sun's atmosphere, the corona, is incredibly hot. However, not everywhere. Time and again, huge structures of ...

The new computer simulations are based on a magnetic field structure that is often associated with prominences: the magnetic ...

For decades, scientists have struggled to see the outermost layer of the Sun, called the corona, with enough detail to unlock its secrets. This region, which blazes at millions of degrees and throws ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

In an amazing video captured by NASA telescopes, the Sun ejected a plume of plasma so big, it could wipe out our civilization many times over (if Earth was that close, that is). The bright solar ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...