As sunspots emerge on the sun's surface close to its equator, their orientations will match the old magnetic field, while sunspots forming closer to the poles will have a magnetic field matching the ...

"We were very surprised to see that the same tiny plasma jets appear to be driving both the fast and the slow solar wind." ...

Could the expected solar flares bring a greater chance of seeing the northern lights? Sophia Herod takes a look.

The above 40-second video is sped-up footage of the new-found jets flashing briefly near the Sun’s south pole. In reality, ...

Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. A massive bout of solar wind released from the Sun has ripped a hole in Earth’s ...

Such regions are known by scientists as coronal holes. They are areas where the Sun's magnetic fields have opened up, allowing solar wind to escape freely into space. Coronal holes, which are most ...

The sun is reaching a solar maximum. Here's what that could mean for Iowa and our chances to see the aurora borealis, known ...

A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire. The compelling 2021 study tells the ...

The sun is on the verge of a significant event: a magnetic field reversal. The sun undergoes such a reversal every 11 years, which marks an important stage in the solar cycle. The shift in ...