Solar flares, blasts of plasma gasses of solar energy might shape the short-term weather on distant planets according to a ...

Parker Solar Probe came within 5.3 million miles (8.5 million kilometers) of the sun's surface Tuesday (Sept. 6) at 2:04 a.m. EDT (0604 GMT) in its 13th close approach of the sun, or perihelion.

A minor G1-class geomagnetic storm will hit Earth right as our planet reaches perihelion, its closest point to the sun. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Its first perihelion in June 2020, ... That such miniature solar flares may be an explanation for the mysterious coronal heating was proposed in the 1980s by NASA solar physicist Eugene Parker, ...

Look out for a total solar eclipse, more solar flares, and the Parker Solar Probe’s closest approach to the sun. Look out for a total solar ... let’s talk about perihelion day, January 2, because it’s ...

A blazing X2.7-class solar flare erupted from sunspot AR4087 early Tuesday, hurling a scorching wave of plasma and charged particles straight at Earth. NASA/SDO.

The sun just spat out the strongest solar flares of 2025 — and more could be headed toward Earth; ... Earth is currently at perihelion, meaning that our planet is at its closest point to the sun.

And solar flares travel at the speed of light, says Jesse Woodroffe, who leads the space weather research program in NASA’s Heliophysics Division. That makes them difficult to anticipate and ...

Our sun has officially hit its solar maximum, with increased rates of auroras and solar flares expected in the coming months, NASA has announced. The sun goes through 11-year cycles of activity ...

The sun has had an active few days, firing several powerful solar flares and (plumes of searing-hot solar material out into space. On Tuesday (May 13), a sunspot on the sun's surface named AR4086 ...