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 ...

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

Solar prominences are massive chunks of plasma floating above the Sun’s surface, which can cause dangerous solar eruptions.

Then, they can erupt dramatically, blasting charged particles into space and sometimes sparking solar storms near Earth. To ...

Thousands of solar tornadoes swirl above the sun’s surface at any given moment. These remarkable photos give us a glimpse at these stunning cosmic phenomena. The entire disc of the sun captured on ...