Learn more about magnetic “switchbacks,” an odd magnetic twist that wasn’t expected to happen so close to home.

Nearly 4.5 million years ago, two large, hot stars brushed tantalizingly close to Earth's sun. They left behind a trace in ...

A strange phenomenon native to the Sun’s environment was spotted in the Earth’s magnetosphere, likely evidence of reactions ...

A sunspot 10 times larger than Earth has appeared on the surface of the sun just as an X1.9-rated solar flare occurred.