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Solar System, Stars

Waves may be heating the solar wind — and two spacecraft caught them in action

Science, Solar System

Scientists want to study the heliosphere- here’s how they might do it

Human Spaceflight

Space weather forecasting needs an upgrade to protect future Artemis astronauts

Astrophotography, Observing, The Sun

Your best pictures of this past weekend’s aurorae

The Aurora, as seen from Earth.

Solar System, The Sun

A solar storm the size of the Carrington Event could knock out the backbone of the Internet

Are we ready for the next big solar storm?

Solar System, The Sun

When did we realize that Earth orbits the Sun?

Observing, The Sun, Upcoming Events

How to observe the Sun safely during a solar eclipse

Why is the Sun’s corona so hot?

During the dry season at Botswana’s Makgadikgadi salt pan, temperature inversions lead to all manner of mirages.

Observing, The Sun

Secret Sky: Tropical Novaya Zemlya effects

Against a pitch black background, the Sun glows as a bright orange disk speckled with darker regions of sunspots and bright filaments of gas snaking across its surface and off of its edges.

How the Sun will die: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

The giant sunspot AR 3354 on June 29, 2023.

Secret Sky: Seeing sunspots on paper