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Gigantic 'letter S' spotted on the sun just before a 'dark eruption' hurls a fiery shadow at EarthA giant S-shape structure, around 10 times wider than Earth, recently appeared in the center of the sun, moments before our home star unleashed an even larger plume of plasma that later crashed into our planet.
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'Cannibal' solar storm could paint auroras above 18 US states this Labor DaySpace weather experts warn that a "strong" geomagnetic storm will rock Earth on Sept. 1-2, potentially lighting the skies with vibrant auroras across large parts of North America. The disturbance is being triggered by a rare, cannibalistic ejection from the sun.
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Scientists unveil most detailed photo of a solar flare ever takenRecord-breaking images from the world's largest solar telescope, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii, reveal a solar flare in unprecedented detail.
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Solar tornado rages on the sun as a giant plasma plume eruptsThere's a giant solar tornado raging on the sun's surface, and a researcher captured it — plus a massive plasma eruption — in one spectacular image.
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NASA spacecraft snaps images of lunar transit and Earth eclipse on the same day — see the photosThe Solar Dynamics Observatory saw a lunar transit and an Earth eclipse on July 25 — the first when the moon passed between it and the sun, and another when Earth did the same.
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Behold, 'The Beast': Gigantic animal-like plasma plume 13 times wider than Earth hovers over the sunAstrophotographers have snapped stunning shots of a giant shapeshifting solar prominence, dubbed "The Beast," which appeared over the sun's northeastern limb on July 12 and rained impossibly fast fire over our home star.
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Parker Solar Probe captures closest-ever photos of the sun during record-breaking flightDuring a record-smashing flight through the sun’s corona in Dec. 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured the closest-ever images of our home star. Now, NASA has finally revealed what the daredevil probe saw.
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May 2024 solar storm cost $500 million in damages to farmers, new study revealsGPS positions were off by up to 230 feet during the Gannon Solar Storm in May 2024 in a disruption that lasted for up to two days, a new study has revealed.
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Astrophotographer snaps 'once-in-a-lifetime' shot of solar flare photobombing the ISSAn astrophotographer has captured an extremely rare and "difficult" photo of a solar flare exploding from the sun at the exact moment the International Space Station passed directly in front of our home star.
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