It's also dubbed the "most spotted star in the sky." Sunspots, which are temporarily darkened areas on the surface of the sun, are the result of intense magnetic fields generated through the ...

Earlier this year, Earth experienced two geomagnetic storms caused by outbursts of radiation from the Sun, which had an impact on satellites in space and communication systems on the ground.

In a paper released today in the journal Science, astronomers tackled that challenge by analyzing data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope from over 50,000 Sun-like stars, discovering nearly ...

Such “superflares” seem to happen as often as once a century, according to a survey of sun-like stars, and might be accompanied by particle storms that could have devastating consequences for ...

There is no question that the sun is a temperamental star, as this year's unusually strong solar storms show. Some of them led to remarkable auroras even at low latitudes. But can our star become ...

Researchers determined that stars similar to the sun generate superflares roughly once a century, a rate much higher than expected. The findings suggest that we could be due for an extraordinarily ...

High-energy, powerful, and violent stellar explosions called "superflares" have been found to erupt from stars like the sun roughly once every 100 years, making these blasts far more common than ...

Gigantic superflares burst out of Sun-like stars roughly once every 100 years, releasing as much energy as a trillion hydrogen bombs exploding. Could this mean our star, the Sun, is long overdue ...

"It'll be inside the upper atmosphere of the sun, literally touching the star," Rayl said. In November, the probe conducted its seventh and final flyby of Venus, where it used the planet's gravity ...

The Sun isn't the only star known to throw fits. Every now and then, another star will spew its own fury in the form of a "superflare:" a massive, violent flare that spurts high-energy radiation ...

astronomers sought to find how often sun-like stars blast out such potent radiation, and to find an answer they surveyed a whopping 56,000 stars. The results astonished them. "Stars that are ...

High-energy, powerful, and violent stellar explosions called "superflares" have been found to erupt from stars like the sun roughly once every 100 years, making these blasts far more common than ...