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The Sun Erupted With the Year’s Largest Solar Flare This Week, and Space Weather-Fueled Aurora Activity Could Continue

The last in a series of three coronal mass ejections hit Earth on Wednesday, so experts are keeping an eye on geomagnetic ...
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Sun unleashes strongest solar flare of 2025, sparking radio blackouts across Africa and Europe

The X5.1-class eruption from sunspot AR4274 is this year's most powerful solar flare and Earth is in the firing line.

NASA Tracking Two House-Sized Asteroids Approaching Earth Today

The asteroids are as large as around 75 and 91 feet in diameter, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies.

When will comet 3I/ATLAS get close to the sun? Latest on interstellar visitor

Comet 3I/ATLAS, which made a close approach to the sun, has prompted lots of public interest. Kim Kardashian asked NASA's ...
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Astronomers capture a violent super-eruption from a young sun

Astronomers observed a massive, multi-temperature plasma eruption from a young Sun-like star, revealing how early solar ...
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ESA's sun spacecraft captures 1st close-up of our star's magnetic engine in motion

In a striking new view from space, the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter has given scientists their first close-up ...

Manhattan-sized comet 3I/ATLAS heading for the Sun today — how close will it get to Earth?

Manhattan-sized comet 3I/ATLAS — which scientists suspect could have extraterrestrial origins — will reach its closest ...

'Nearly interstellar comet' draws comparisons to 3I/ATLAS. It's about to fly past Earth

A newly discovered comet named C/2025 V1, which some have compared to 3I/ATLAS, is due to make its closest approach to Earth on Tuesday, Nov. 11.