Betelgeuse’s Atmosphere is Back to Normal after Great Dimming Event, New Radio Observations Show
New radio observations with NSF’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array…
A 2,700-Year-Old Chinese Eclipse Record Is Helping Scientists Reconstruct the Earth’s Rotation
This image combines many exposures of different durations taken to reveal aspects of the widely-viewed total solar eclipse…
The 7 Biggest Myths About Total Solar Eclipses – Debunked
As Europe prepares for its first mainland total solar eclipse since 1999, myths persist. (MIGUEL RIOPA/AFP via Getty…
A novel way to detect hidden turbulence in the Sun’s outer atmosphere
The Sun’s corona is like a vast ocean of invisible magnetic ropes. Along these ropes, waves ripple constantly,…
Scientists Observe Electrical Discharges on Trees under Thunderstorms
Most people know about lightning and the havoc it wreaks on forests. They do not know about the…
Magnetic Avalanches Ignite Solar Flares, New Solar Orbiter Observations Reveal
New high-resolution observations by ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission show that solar flares are driven by cascading magnetic reconnection…