August 19, 2019 Unusual 'fire cloud' caught on camera over Washington State NASA has captured an eerie and rare image of a ‘fire cloud’ caused by a wildfire in eastern Washington State.
August 6, 2019 Gigantic black hole with mass 40 billion times the Sun discovered by astronomers Astronomers have potentially discovered a supermassive black hole located 700 million light years from Earth that has a mass 40 billion times that of the Sun.
August 1, 2019 Sun's scorching hot, spiraling wind re-created in a lab Scientists have replicated mini gusts of solar wind in the lab as a way to potentially unravel some of the Sun's mysteries.
July 25, 2019 Scientists discover 'plasma tsunamis' are responsible for sunspots Rolling waves of plasma known as "solar tsunamis" could be causing the sudden end of solar cycles, according to scientists.
July 10, 2019 Massive, kilometer-sized asteroid was just found orbiting the Sun A newly-found asteroid has been spotted orbiting the Sun, whizzing past the star every 151 days, the shortest orbit of any space rock on record.
July 2, 2019 Solar Eclipse set to cut a path across South America, plunging parts of the continent into darkness A stunning total solar eclipse will plunge a swath of South America into darkness Tuesday in the world’s first total solar eclipse since 2017.
June 28, 2019 Total solar eclipse will plunge parts of South America into darkness A swath of South America is set to enjoy a total solar eclipse.
June 12, 2019 Sun could unleash violent 'superflare' in the next century, researchers warn Earth's aging sun could produce a massive superflare in the coming century.
June 7, 2019 NASA's Parker solar probe may solve 500-year-old Sun mystery NASA's Parker Solar Probe is on its way to another close encounter with the sun, where investigators hope the spacecraft will solve a long-standing solar mystery: Why is the sun's outer atmosphere millions of degrees hot (Fahrenheit or Celsius), while the surface is only about 6,000 degrees Fahrenheit (3,300 degrees Celsius)?
April 23, 2019 It rains on the Sun (just not the way you think) Astronomers have detected "plasma rain" pouring down over the solar surface, which may explain why the sun's outer atmosphere is so much hotter than the star's surface.
