A never-before-seen image of the cosmic microwave background, combining data from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) and ...

As the sun geared up to spit a powerful solar flare into space, NASA scientists snapped ... often in the form of X-rays and ultraviolet light—that explode from the sun's surface.

Multiple people spotted a mysterious beam of light in the sky last week. The “red flare”, as many described it, was spotted by people in Houston and other places throughout the world.

These disruptions, common during intense solar activity, occur when the flare releases X-rays and extreme ultraviolet radiation into space. Traveling at the speed of light, this radiation reaches ...

One of the most common complaints among iPhone users is lens flare when taking photos. Apple might solve this really soon.

The flare occurred from the vicinity of newly rotated into view Region 4046 near the east limb," NOAA's Space Weather Prediction ... are released in the form of light, heat, and charged particles.

AR4048, a still-emerging sunspot that has yet to fully rotate to face Earth, has been crackling with activity, consistently firing off solar flares. Space weather forecasters are closely ...