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See how local photographers captured the sun's beauty in new challenge

Photographers captured the sun's beauty in the Readers Photo Challenge. See the stunning images of sunrises, sunsets and ...

Sun releases 4 strong solar flares: What to expect

Northern lights occur when a solar flare interacts with Earth's atmosphere.

He witnessed the sun’s power like nobody else before or since. Now his first portrait has been found

Richard Carrington’s name has long been connected with the most intense solar storm ever recorded, but his face was unknown until a lost portrait surfaced.
Starlust on MSN

Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) is plunging directly toward the sun—current location and trajectory

The comet runs the risk of being destroyed by its extremely close approach to the Sun in April 2026.

The sun lit up with a stunning display. Are northern lights next?

A new sunspot group has quickly grown and is spewing out the most intense type of solar flare. Effects on Earth are forecast ...
Scientific American

The sun just unleashed its most powerful solar flare in years

The sun is experiencing a violent solar storm, releasing one of the strongest solar flares seen in the past 30 years ...

Sun unleashes powerful solar flares. Here's what it means.

The flares are coming from a solar region that was created in late January.
Opinion

The Sun is stronger than our electric grid — and we are defenseless against it

Recent X8-class solar flare activity reveals critical weaknesses in America's power grid, where geomagnetic currents could destroy transformers and trigger prolonged blackouts.