Our sun is a roiling mass of energy, with solar flares exploding on its surface, sending gas, plasma, and light that blasts ...

A volatile region on the Sun has just fired off a monster solar flare, followed by a blast of charged particles that space-weather scientists liken to a colossal “sun burp.” That outflow, a coronal ...

A strip of cool water stretches west from South America along the equator, helping set the pace for some of the planet’s most important weather swings. That Pacific “cold tongue” helps steer the El ...

Over 4 billion years ago, as planets were coalescing around the newborn Sun, our star may have gone on an epic road trip across the Milky Way along with thousands of stellar “twins.” And we may owe ...

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