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NASA's PUNCH delivers knockout views of colossal solar storms erupting from sun (video)
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
"These first images are astonishing, but the best is still yet to come."

Humanity takes its 1st look at the sun's poles: 'This is just the first step of Solar Orbiter's stairway to heaven' (images)
By Robert Lea published
The Solar Orbiter has captured humanity's first look at the south pole of the sun, revealing messy magnetic fields and particles being ejected at high speeds.

Powerful solar telescope unveils ultra-fine magnetic 'curtains' on the sun's surface
By Samantha Mathewson published
The sharpest images ever captured of the sun reveal intricate magnetic structures dancing across its surface.

When will the sun die?
By JoAnna Wendel last updated
Reference Here we explore why our sun won't live forever and what will happen when it finally runs out of fuel.

Scientists capture never-before-seen plasma streams and bizarre 'raindrops' in sharpest-ever view of sun's outer atmosphere (video)
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
Using a newly developed adaptive optics system called Cona, scientists peered through Earth's turbulent air to reveal the sun's corona in astonishing clarity.

New 8K-resolution photos of the sun show off incredible details of raging sunspots
By Samantha Mathewson published
Advanced image restoration techniques have produced reconstructed views of the sun with an 8K image resolution for the first time.

No, solar storms didn't crash Spain's internet — but here's what they can do
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
'I think it is quite clear that space weather was not the cause of the dramatic power outage in Spain recently'

'We don't know how bad it could get': Are we ready for the worst space weather?
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
Space weather forecasting doesn't yet command the same resources as Earth weather forecasting, even though the stakes are growing.

14,000 years ago, the most powerful solar storm ever recorded hit Earth. 'This event establishes a new worst-case scenario'
By Tereza Pultarova published
Scientists have found evidence of the most powerful storm in history, which hit Earth in 14,300 years ago. It would cause mayhem in today's technology-dependent world.

Strongest solar flare of 2025 erupts from sun, sparking radio blackouts across Europe, Asia and the Middle East (video)
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
X2.7-class eruption from sunspot AR4087 disrupts radio signals as the active region rotates toward Earth, raising the risk of more flares ahead.
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