Have you seen the Northern Lights? They're more than just pretty colors; when you see them in Pittsburgh, there's science ...

A study has claimed to have found a link between solar activity and a rise in heart attacks. Carried out at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), the study looked at health records from ...

A new study reveals solar flares can reach a staggering 108 million degrees Fahrenheit, six times hotter than previously ...

Solar flares are colossal explosions in the sun's atmosphere that hurl out bursts of powerful radiation. These events are ...

The hottest parts of the sun are its solar flares, and a new study suggests these flares could be more than six times hotter ...

This is the conclusion of researchers from the University of St Andrews, Scotland, who found that the positively charged ions in solar flares—one of the two key components of solar plasma—can be ...

Scientists from the University of St Andrews have discovered that ions in solar flares can reach scorching temperatures more ...

Solar flares heat ions much more strongly than electrons. The finding offers a new explanation for spectral line broadening. Recent work from the Andrews suggests that particles in solar flares can ...

Over the past decade, the Mayan calendar has been subjected to close examination and intense debate. Could an ancient ...

A first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence system built by Nasa in collaboration with IBM can predict violent solar storms ...

Solar flares are intense bursts of light and particles from the sun. While they can pose hazards for things like satellites, these flares are also beautiful, dramatic and incredibly hot. NPR's Nell ...