Have you seen the Northern Lights? They're more than just pretty colors; when you see them in Pittsburgh, there's science ...

Scientists from the University of St Andrews have discovered that ions in solar flares can reach scorching temperatures more ...

Sunspot AR3184 erupted with an X1.9-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured the fireworks. The sunspot has been very active since it rotated into SDO's view. Credit: ...

Coronal loops are arc-shaped structures of plasma that follow the Sun's magnetic field lines. They often appear before solar ...

A new study reveals solar flares can reach a staggering 108 million degrees Fahrenheit, six times hotter than previously ...

The clearest pictures ever taken of a solar flare have been captured by the world's largest solar telescope in Hawaii.

This is the conclusion of researchers from the University of St Andrews, Scotland, who found that the positively charged ions ...

The hottest parts of the sun are its solar flares, and a new study suggests these flares could be more than six times hotter ...

New research shows that solar flares are six times hotter than thought and calls for updated sun models that could improve ...

Solar flares heat ions much more strongly than electrons. The finding offers a new explanation for spectral line broadening.

According to a report from IT Home on September 14, recent research from the University of St Andrews shows that the ...

Solar flares—intense releases of electromagnetic radiation into the sun’s atmosphere—could be more than six times hotter than ...