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October 21, 2015

Sun storm: Blast 20 times taller than Earth erupts from sun

A huge magnetic filament shot out of the sun Monday at 1.7 million miles per hour, sending brief roars of static through shortwave radios across the planet.

October 21, 2015

Hubble telescope spots 'cosmic caterpillar' 6 trillion miles long

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured what scienitsts are describing as a "cosmic caterpillar" nearly 6 trillion miles long slinking through deepspace.

October 21, 2015

Sun's 2013 solar activity peak weakest in 100 years

Though the sun is currently in the peak year of its 11-year solar weather cycle, our closest star has been rather quiet over all, scientists say.

October 20, 2015

Sun grows super-hot 'dragon tail' in amazing NASA video

A NASA spacecraft studying the sun has recorded amazing video of a giant plume of super-hot plasma erupting from the star's surface, only to crash back down hours later.

October 20, 2015

Solar tsunami seen in NASA video

The sun unleashed a monster eruption of super-hot plasma Friday, Nov. 16, in back-to-back solar storms captured on camera by a NASA spacecraft.

October 20, 2015

Distance between Earth and sun redefined

The International Astronomical Union has voted unanimously to redefine the astronomical unit, the conventional unit of length based on the distance between the Earth and the sun.

October 20, 2015

'Space bubbles' may have doomed key Afghan war mission

Twelve years ago, a U.S. military rescue mission in Afghanistan went horribly wrong. A Chinook helicopter carrying U.S. troops failed to receive a crucial radio message and was shot down over the snow-covered peak of Takur Ghar.

October 20, 2015

Spectacular solar scene: Burst of radiation erupts from sun

NASA unveiled incredible footage of a solar flare erupting from the surface of the sun.

October 20, 2015

Sun unleashes monster solar flare, biggest of 2014

The sun fired off a major solar flare late Monday, making it the most powerful sun eruption of the year so far and one of the strongest in recent years. 

October 20, 2015

Alien planet found orbiting the Sun's twin

Scientists using a powerful telescope in Chile have found an alien planet circling a star that is nearly identical to the sun and located in a star cluster 2,500 light-years from Earth.