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Astrophotographer gets close-up look at monster sunspot that led to May's global auroras

By Miguel Claro published

Astrophotographer Miguel Claro explains how he captured this incredible image of the sun's surface that includes the giant sunspot AR3664 that led to May's widespread auroras.

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More people Googled 'northern lights' in May 2024 than in any other month in history

By Ryan French published

Public interest in the sun was at an all-time high in May. Here we explore why this was the case.

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Sun unleashes giant plasma plume and reels it back in apparent 'failed eruption' (video)

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Watch the moment a huge plasma plume is fired out from the sun and then reeled back in during M-class solar flare eruption.

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close up image of the sun's surface shows huge fiery looking tendrils reaching out from the surface of the sun as giant loops of plasma frolic above the solar surface.

Astrophotographer captures stunning close-up views of sunspot region that spawned May's auroras

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Check out these incredible close-up views of emerging sunspot AR3697 as it turns to face Earth. The scenes were captured by astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy from his backyard in Arizona.

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gif animation showing a bright solar flare erupting from the lower left region of the sun.

Double trouble: Sun unleashes 2 powerful X-class solar flares in 12 hours (video)

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Two X-class solar flares erupted from the sun in less than 12 hours as a magnetically complex sunspot begins to face Earth.

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Solar Orbiter traces solar wind back to its mysterious source for 1st time

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter has, for the first time, traced solar wind in space to a specific location on our sun's surface.

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Massive sunspot responsible for May's epic auroras unleashes major X-class solar flare (video)

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Sunspot region AR3697 has returned — unleashing yet another X-class solar flare. Watch it erupt from the sun's eastern limb here.

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two panel image on the left the sunspot is visible on the limb of the sun as a dark patch against a monochrome sun and on the right it is flaring with large fiery looking plasma loops of yellow.

That giant sunspot that supercharged auroras on Earth? It's back and may amp up the northern lights with June solar storms.

By Ryan French published

Old sunspot region AR 13664, now renamed AR 13697, is back. With its re-arrival, can we expect a resurgence of solar activity?

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a huge fiery expulsion erupts from the sun. Large loops and swirls of bright light dance around the southeastern limb of the sun.

Colossal X-class solar flare suggests return of sunspot group that fueled May's epic auroras (video)

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

X-flare eruption hints at the return of the powerful sunspot group behind May's solar storms. Watch the solar eruption here.

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(Left) An image of the sun emitting a bright solar flare (right) the sun's magnetic fields over an image of our star captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory

Scientists find weird link between a solar mystery and feeding black holes

By Robert Lea published

The solar dynamo that drives sunspots and solar flares could be located near the surface of the sun scientists find, solving a 400-year-old solar mystery and providing a weird link to black holes.

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