This storm is yet another solar attack in a series of solar storms that have struck Earth as the Sun prepares to move toward the most active phase of its 11-year solar cycle.
"For the case of the Earth, I think it's rather unclear whether it's going to be engulfed or not, but it's certainly going to become impossible to live on," one of the co-authors of a recent study said.
A southern hole has been detected in the Sun's atmosphere which is releasing gaseous material. This release in combination with strong solar winds might form a minor G1-class solar storm on Aug. 3, warns forecasters.
X-Class flares are the "most intense" flares, says NASA.
Our sun had very few sunspots during the mysterious 70-year Maunder Minimum.
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To this day, the largest planet in the solar system still holds a lot of secrets.
South America will have a great view of the total solar eclipse on Monday. Although eclipses have been happening for quite a long time, misconceptions about them are still prevalent in some places. Here are 10 myths, facts and superstitions about total solar eclipses.
There is a planetary parade going on in the night sky this week, and here's how you can catch all that action.
This Oct. 13, observers can expect to see the Red planet beaming high up in the night sky, as it is set to be in opposition.
NASA'S Hubble Space Telescope has captured snapshots of supernova SN 2018gv, providing a glimpse of the spectacular phenomenon 70 million light-years away.
It is the first intact planet known to come close to a white dwarf and still survived.
A theory by Pierre-Simon Laplace suggested that the clouds of gas and dust around new stars combine to form rings and, eventually, planets.
Despite the prediction, solar activity is continuous so there are still risks for extreme space weather.
The researchers found the mixture of inner and outer solar system materials in two meteorites that crashed to Earth, one in 1930 and the other in 1969.
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