The Sun is now at the most active point in its roughly 11‑year solar cycle, and scientists say the current peak has arrived earlier and more forcefully than first expected. As activity climbs, ...
On February 2, material from the sun separated from the star and got sucked up into a polar vortex. The never-before-seen phenomenon was visible in a clip Tamitha Skov, a space weather physicist, ...
CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Scientists say that they captured the moment that a part of the sun’s plasma broke off and was swept into a polar vortex. The moment was captured by NASA instruments on Feb. 2, ...