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Sep 12, 2014
What You Need To Know About The Solar Storm Headed Towards Earth
Two solar flares have sent magnetic fields to our planet -- and scientists aren't sure how they're going to impact each other.
Sep 06, 2012
Video: NASA Photographs a Tendril-Like Solar Eruption in Stunning Detail
We’ve covered some pretty amazing coronal mass ejections (CMEs) here on PopSci, but we might have to crown this one...
Oct 25, 2011
Gallery: Last Night’s Auroras as They Appeared from Across the Hemisphere
If you saw it firsthand then you had no choice but to notice it, but for the rest of us...
Jun 09, 2011
When The Sun Unleashed Its Recent Plasma Blast, Earth Got Lucky
What a predicted 2013 blast from the sun could mean for the U.S.
Apr 28, 2007
NASA’s Threesome
Prepare to be astounded: the image on the right is in . . . three dimensions Seven months after its...