On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the sun’s atmosphere, the corona, erupted out into space at 4:36 p.m. EDT. Source – NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. CC ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A never before seen solar vortex has been observed circling the sun's north pole. A huge filament of solar plasma has broken off ...

A curious phenomenon where a massive filament of solar plasma broke off the sun's surface and is circling its north pole like a vortex has scientists both puzzled and excited. The images of the ...

The high energy radiation that carry the orbit angular momentum has become an extremely important tool to investigate the angular momentum related physics in microworld. But the generation and ...

You’ve heard of the polar vortex, but how about a solar polar vortex? Scientists and the public alike are in awe over a bizarre video that emerged of a vaporous-looking eddy of solar plasma swirling ...