Spacecraft and specialized telescopes have been studying the sun closely for decades, probing the secrets of its spots, flares and corona. But neither human nor robotic eyes had properly seen the north or south poles of the sun. On Wednesday, the European Space Agency released the first clear images of the sun’s south pole, which…
Over the past two decades, more than 5 million U.S. households from California to Georgia to Maine have put solar panels on their roofs, drawing energy from the sun and reducing their electric bills. But that could soon come to a crashing halt. The big domestic policy bill passed by House Republicans last month would,…
A high-velocity solar storm, triggered by the Sun’s most powerful eruption of the year, is currently interacting with Earth’s magnetic field. Space weather experts have warned about potential G4-class geomagnetic storm conditions—one of the more severe classifications expected to peak today, June 2. The origin of this solar unrest is a coronal mass ejection (CME)…
A new kid in our solar system? Hunt for mysterious ‘Planet Nine’ offers a surprise PARIS: It’s an evocative idea that has long bedevilled scientists: a huge and mysterious planet is lurking in the darkness at the edge of our solar system, evading all our efforts to spot it.Some astronomers say the strange, clustered orbits…
A recent NASA-led study, highlighted by New Scientist, reveals that this accelerated re-entry is caused by increased solar activity during the solar maximum—a period of intense solar storms and radiation. These storms heat and expand Earth’s upper atmosphere, increasing atmospheric drag on satellites and hastening their descent. This shift poses new challenges for satellite operators,…
New York City is set to witness one of its greatest natural wonders — Manhattanhenge — when the sun sets perfectly along the city’s street grid, casting golden hues through its steel-and-concrete canyons. For just a handful of evenings each year, Manhattan’s inflexible grid is transforms into the stage for an awe-inspiring union of architecture…
Recent heightened activity on the Sun has raised urgent concerns among scientists and emergency management agencies worldwide. A series of powerful X-class solar flares — the most intense category of solar radiation — has triggered warnings about Earth’s vulnerability to potentially devastating space weather events. These flares have originated from the exceptionally active sunspot AR4087,…
A powerful solar storm is heading toward Earth, prompting warnings from NASA and space weather agencies around the world. The Sun’s most active region has rotated into view and recently unleashed an X2.7-class solar flare, the most intense eruption recorded so far in 2025. This extreme solar activity is expected to bring radio blackouts, GPS…
NEW DELHI: Reliance Power has signed a commercial term sheet with Bhutan’s Green Digital Pvt Ltd for a long-term power purchase agreement, marking a major milestone in cross-border clean energy collaboration. Green Digital is a subsidiary of Druk Holding and Investments Ltd (DHI), the investment arm of the Royal Government of Bhutan.The agreement paves the…
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has recently made an historic discovery from its Aditya-L1 mission, which was launched to monitor the Sun. ISRO posted a video shot by the mission on May 14, 2025, showing a solar flare and historic plasma ejection from the Sun. The discovery brings a much enhanced scale of data concerning…