Isotope ratios found in meteorites suggest that a supernova exploded nearby while the Sun and Solar System were still forming. But the blast wave from a supernova that close could have potentially ...

NASA has released stunning images of a solar filament bursting out of the sun. The “elongated solar filament,” extended almost half the sun's visible hemisphere, according to NASA, and erupted into ...

Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental process of topology change and energy release, taking place in plasmas on the Sun, in space, in astrophysical objects and in the laboratory. However, ...