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'Cannibal' coronal mass ejection that devoured 'dark eruption' from sun will smash into Earth today (July 18)Two coronal mass ejections have combined into an enormous cloud of magnetized plasma that is forecast to hit Earth on Tuesday and potentially trigger a weak geomagnetic storm.
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Giant sunspot grew 10 times wider than Earth in just 48 hours, then spat X-class flare right at usThe enormous dark patch and its powerful eruption are both signs that the solar maximum is fast approaching — and could be more active than expected.
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Gargantuan 'superflare' from distant star may have launched one of the strongest solar storms ever seenScientists studying a star system in Orion witnessed one of the most powerful stellar eruptions ever seen — and it could be devastating to nearby planets.
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Photographers capture the exact moment a gargantuan storm blasts out of the sun during a total solar eclipseA stunning composite image of the sun during a recent 'hybrid eclipse' in Australia is further proof that solar activity is ramping up.
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Stunning plasma-winged 'butterfly' coronal mass ejection erupts from the sun's farsideAstronomers spotted a massive coronal mass ejection (CME) expanding its ethereal wings as it barrelled out of the sun and toward Mercury.
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'Unreal' auroras cover Earth in stunning photo taken by NASA astronautNASA astronaut Josh Cassada photographed a gorgeous green aurora from space, capturing the impacts of a solar storm that swept over our planet.
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Mini sun with simulated gravity could help prepare us for deadly solar stormsThe tiny sun used sound waves to simulate the sun's swirling mass of plasma
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Stunning images capture the moment a green comet's tail is blasted away by the sunAn amateur astronomer witnessed the moment that the green comet C/2022 E3 had part of its tail blasted away by a coronal mass ejection.
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Mysterious 'sparks' on the sun could help scientists predict solar flaresAn analysis of eight years of data reveals a possible telltale sign that a region of the sun is about to erupt.
