The sun is not a static, tranquil sphere of gas, but an active, turbulent star with magnetic fields that twist and snap in powerful eruptions. Among the most striking and energetic of these eruptions ...

Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft has discovered that a solar flare is triggered by initially weak ...

Solar Orbiter captured the most detailed view of a solar flare, observing the build-up of events that lead to the explosion. Reading time 3 minutes On September 30, 2024, the Sun unleashed a powerful ...