The flare even caused a shortwave radio blackout. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A fast-erupting sunspot just hurled out a ...

Sunspots, Solar Flares, Auroras: Space Weather Getting Spicy. ByEric Mack, ... some lucky observers in high latitudes still got a decent light show. The sun caught in the act of CME.

In a jaw-dropping moment of astronomical photography, Arizona-based astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has captured the International Space Station (ISS) passing directly in front of the Sun—and as if ...

Credit: Andrew McCarthy/@cosmic_background An astrophotographer has captured a stunning shot of a powerful solar flare ...

Researchers from the California Institute of Technology spotted a strange flare of light from supermassive black hole J1249+3449 using the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) at Palomar Observatory.

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spied dynamic flares of light near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The ...

When HIP 67522 b was discovered, it was the youngest known planet orbiting its star in under 10 days. Astronomers were using ...

The flashes of white light accompanying some solar flares are caused by the sun’s acceleration of electrons to speeds greater than half the speed of light. The phenomenon’s new explanation ...

It’s a light show in space unlike any other. For the first time, scientists have detected light from behind a black hole, and it fulfills a prediction rooted in Albert Einstein’s theory of ...

This flare was categorized as an X2.8 flare. The X indicates the class of flare, with X being the strongest and other less powerful classes being A, B, C, and M.The 2.8 number indicates the power ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spied dynamic flares of light near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The constant, rapid-fire display ...

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spied dynamic flares of light near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The ...