"This is one of the most exciting results from Solar Orbiter so far." ...

Solar flares are characterized by intense bursts of energy and radiation from the Sun’s surface. In a matter of just a few ...

The sun is not a static, tranquil sphere of gas, but an active, turbulent star with magnetic fields that twist and snap in powerful eruptions. Among the most striking and energetic of these eruptions ...

Every two seconds, the camera on board Solar Orbiter is able to freeze the corona on another frame, and in this rare data set, it has captured the early, quiet failures that can build into a major ...

Scientists watched a solar flare grow from tiny magnetic sparks into a violent plasma-raining avalanche on the Sun.

F or all of its life-sustaining energy, the sun is pretty chaotic. Roiling plasma covers its surface along with fluidic snarls of magnetic fields that birth solar flares. These fiery outbursts occur ...