What a sunspot show it was. The huge group, AR 2673, visible with the naked eye, produced an X9.3 flare on September 6th, the most powerful recorded since 2005. For the next few days, it quieted down ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. NASA has captured a huge solar prominence bursting from the surface of ...

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Nasa has observed a huge and powerful new type of explosion above the sun’s superheated surface. The face of our star is a roiling hellscape where temperatures soar to 5,500 degrees celsius. Huge ...

Fiery rings of ionised gas erupt from the sun in the first videos taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. The satellite is delivering unprecedented views of the star, which could help untangle the ...