Sun unleashes strongest flare of 2025, disrupts global communicationsA strong solar flare, the biggest of 2025, erupted from the sun. The flare, originating from Region 4087, caused radio blackouts across mul...
Have scientists just found a new cosmic source of gold? How 'starquakes' might forge the glittering metalScientists may have discovered a new cosmic source of gold: magnetars—super-magnetic neutron stars that unleash powerful flares. A reanalyz...
Biggest solar flare in 10 years hits Earth, more to come. Know about geomagnetic storms that disturb our planetThe X8.7 solar flare was seen blasting out of the active sunspot region of the Sun responsible for the recent solar weather. It also caused...
Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in almost 2 decadesFlorida witnessed its strongest sun flare in almost 20 years, part of the 11-year solar cycle peak. The X8.7-rated flare, captured by NASA'...
Powerful solar storm impacts Earth, says ISROA powerful solar storm from Sun's region AR13664 hit Earth in May 2024, causing disruptions to communication and GPS systems. ISRO reported...
Aditya-L1 solar mission: HEL1OS captures first high-energy X-ray glimpse of solar flaresDuring its first observation period from approximately 12:00 to 22:00 UT on October 29, 2023, the High Energy L1 Orbiting X-ray Spectromete...
ISRO sets date for maiden sun voyage Aditya-L1 for Sept 2The spacecraft that will be designed for the solar mission will help to receive remote observations of the solar corona and in situ observa...
NASA's 300 kg retired satellite may crash on to earth today; Should you worry?After 16 years of operations, NASA decommissioned the satellite due to communications difficulties with the spacecraft.
Chandrayaan-2 detects solar proton events: ISROWhen the sun is active, spectacular eruptions called solar flares occur that sometimes also spew out energetic particles (called solar prot...
Chandrayaan instrument gives outstanding science results on solar coronaAn instrument on board India's Chandrayaan-2 mission has provided outstanding science results on the solar corona and heliophysics, the Ind...
- NASA's FOXSI mission to search sun with X-ray vision
Washington, Sep 5 (IANS) NASA's Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager, or FOXSI -- a sounding rocket mission -- is soon set to stare directly ...
- Why is the Sun's atmosphere much hotter than its surface
Washington, Oct 14 (IANS) Scientists have found that small solar flare could help explain why the Sun's atmosphere, the corona, is so much ...
- Sun-like stars calm down after turbulent youth
Washington, Sep 7 (IANS) Sun-like stars and their less massive cousins calm down surprisingly quickly after a turbulent youth, making the a...
- Astrosat, Chandra and Hubble jointly detect massive cosmic explosion
Mumbai, July 19 (IANS) Three space-based observatories Astrosat, Chandra, Hubble Space Telescope and a ground-based observatory HARPS have ...
- Black hole devouring star for a decade detected
Washington, Feb 7 (IANS) Astronomers have detected a giant black hole that ripped apart a star and then gorged on its remains for an unusua...
Massive black hole spotted binging on star for a decadeAs it travels inwards to be ingested by the black hole, the material heats up to millions of degrees and generates a distinct X-ray flare.
Why Sun's corona is hotter than its surface decodedScientists have finally decoded why the Sun's million-degree corona or outermost atmosphere is so much hotter than its surface, which has b...