• New phenomena discovered on the Sun

    ByTeo Blašković

    A new Sun-observing mission led by ESA and NASA — Solar Orbiter — has returned its first images of the Sun, revealing previously unknown omnipresent miniature solar flares, dubbed 'campfires.' The campfires shown in the image below were captured by the…

  • Solar storms trigger surprising phenomena close to Earth

    ByTeo Blašković

    A new research shows that eruptions on the Sun’s surface not only send bursts of particles into Earth’s atmosphere, but – contrary to previous belief – also remove electrons across large areas. The new knowledge increases our understanding of solar…