Dec 4, 2023 · The red aurora appeared in the Japanese skies at 8.20 pm on 1 December in the town of Rikubetsu, Hokkaido. The Japan Meteorological Agency said a massive explosion …

Mar 23, 2024 · The April 8 total solar eclipse may coincide with the sun's explosive peak, meaning it might be possible to spot "giant eruptives," coronal mass ejections and solar flares during …

Dec 15, 2023 · A space telescope captured an enormous explosion on the surface on the Sun that is firing plasma directly at Earth.

Mar 28, 2025 · The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 11:21 a.m. ET on Friday, March 28. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an …

Mar 17, 2024 · Analyzing data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and several other observatories, astronomers concluded that the bright red supergiant star Betelgeuse quite …

The Sun’s future does involve an explosion, but not in the catastrophic sense of a supernova. Instead, the Sun will enter the red giant phase, expanding outward and swallowing Mercury …

Sep 7, 2023 · As bright as hundreds of billions of suns, but quick to fade - the rare and dazzling blast is believed to have been caused by a black hole colliding with a star and was spotted by …

1 day ago · When the explosion occurs, it would appear from the perspective of Earth about 10 times brighter than the moon in the night sky - if Earth, now about 4.5 billion years old, still exists.

Mar 27, 2025 · The red giant, roughly 1.12 times the mass of our Sun, orbits the white dwarf every 227 days. The two stars are separated by only 0.54 astronomical units, about the same as the …

Mar 21, 2025 · The source of this cosmic spectacle is T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), a binary star system consisting of a red giant and a white dwarf. The red giant, cooler yet significantly larger …