solar-physics

Astrophotographer Mark Johnston captured a massive solar prominence in stunning backyard footage, revealing the sun’s dynamic plasma activity.

Eclipse map Total solar eclipse When the Moon slips in front of the Sun, those in the center of the Moon’s shadow will experience a total solar eclipse. For a small, remote region in northern Russia, totality — when the Moon completely covers the Sun — will occur mid-day. For Greenland and Iceland, the Sun […] The post Total Solar Eclipse on August 12, 2026 appeared first on NASA Science .

Alaska experiences a wide range of extreme conditions, and with that comes the chance to conduct science vital to understanding the Sun-Earth system, including launching sounding rockets to study solar flares, auroras, and other phenomena. The post Helio and You: Learning About the Sun in the Far North appeared first on NASA Science .

Over more than a decade at Mars, the orbiter revealed how the solar wind strips away the planet’s atmosphere — and why the world lost its water.

Remarkable backyard footage captures giant solar prominence and streams of coronal rain flowing along the sun's magnetic field lines.

ISS astronauts briefly sheltered aboard an attached SpaceX Dragon capsule today (June 5) while cosmonauts tried to fix a persistent leak on the Russian side of the orbiting lab.

A backwards sunspot hurled a merged plasma cloud toward Earth, promising widespread auroras tonight.

New research shows how unmagnetized worlds like Mars can still deflect some of the Sun's solar wind. Unlike magnetospheres that form around planet's like Earth, this effect takes place in Mars' ionosphere. It's called the Zwan-Wolf effect, and it's not clear how deep into the atmosphere it operates.

Scientists have just realized that surface measurements of the Sun's radiant activity haven't captured its...

Geomagnetic storms could illuminate the northern U.S. with auroras visible far from the poles this Thursday and Friday.

Northern lights are projected across the Northern U.S. and Europe tonight as Earth gets hit by a strong solar eruption.

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Heads up aurora chasers! We could be in for a show! Multiple CMEs are en route and could spark strong geomagnetic storm conditions and auroras deep into mid latitudes.

A trio of major solar flares triggered radio blackouts across Earth and may spark impressive northern lights as possible solar storms head our way.

With the eclipse occurring near sunset over a complex landscape, eclipse chasers must do their research before the big moment on Aug. 12, 2026. Here's what to do.

The Sun emitted strong solar flare, peaking at 7:28 a.m. ET on June 3. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event. Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy. Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals, and pose risks to spacecraft and […] The post Strong Flare Erupts from Sun appear…

From urban beaches and hidden capes to lighthouses and mountain peaks, here's where to see the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026, if you're on Spain's east coast or in the Balearic Islands.

James Webb has detected methane on an interstellar comet for the first time, revealing chemistry unlike any seen in our Solar System.

The Space Weather UnderGround (SWUG) program is an educational outreach initiative in which high school and undergraduate students learn heliophysics fundamentals and build low-cost fluxgate magnetometers. The program has three primary goals: (1) training the future Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workforce, (2) developing a cost-effective magnetometer network across the …