Tag: sun

December 13, 2025 at 9:48 am

The Best Estimates For The Age Of Our Solar System Is About 4.55 Billion Years, But The Measurement Method Is Difficult And Imprecise

Solar System

It has been around for a long time.

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December 12, 2025 at 9:49 am

Earth Has Had A Cosmic Friend For The Past 60 Years, But We Just Recently Noticed It, And In Another 60 Years It Will Float Away

Asteroid over Earth

Our cosmic friend will only be with us for 60 more years.

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December 5, 2025 at 9:48 am

Lagrange Points Are Areas In Space Where The Gravity Of Multiple Bodies Comes Together In A Way That Allows Objects To Remain In Place

Lagrange Point diagram

You won’t fall if you find yourself in one of these points.

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November 27, 2025 at 3:35 pm

Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope Captures The Highest Resolution Images Of Our Sun Ever, Including Incredible Pictures Of A Beautiful Solar Flare

coronal loops and solar flares

Solar flares are beautiful events.

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August 25, 2025 at 9:55 am

Watch Plasma Raining Down Onto The Surface Of The Sun Thanks To An Upgrade To The Goode Solar Telescope

Coronal Mass Ejection

That is not at all what I expected the surface of the sun to look like.

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August 15, 2025 at 12:55 pm

Formation-Flying ESA Spacecraft Cause The First Ever Artificial Solar Eclipse

The artificial solar eclipse

At over a million degrees Celsius, the satellites exploring the sun’s corona have a lot to contend with.

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August 11, 2025 at 3:48 pm

Scientists Have Photographed The Sun In Greater Detail Than Ever Before

Original and hi-res reconstruction images of the Sun

There’s no denying that these images are spectacular.

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June 18, 2025 at 9:48 am

New Study Shows Effects And Damages From 2024 Gannon Storm, The Largest Geomagnetic Storm In Decades

A solar flare.

This solar storm made more than pretty auroras. 

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June 13, 2025 at 3:48 pm

Think Leap Years Are Confusing? The “Year Of Confusion” Added In An Extra 80 Days To The Year, Making It The Longest Year On Record.

Statue of Julius Caesar

An appropriate name for a truly crazy year.

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June 11, 2025 at 3:49 pm

New Study Indicates That The Rare Centennial Gleissberg Cycle Of Our Sun Has Occurred For The First Time In Most Of Our Lifetimes

Solar activity

Who knew the Sun had such dramatic cycles?

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