During the total solar eclipse, skywatchers saw ruby-colored prominences sticking out of the moon's shadow. Here's the science of those red dots This article is part of a special report on the total ...

As skies darkened Monday over North America during a rare solar eclipse, many people noticed bright dots — flickering spots that were reddish, pink and orange in hue — along the periphery of the moon ...

Did you see those red blotchy areas around the sun during Monday's total solar eclipse? Those are called solar prominences. Though they look like they could be made of fire, they are actually ...

An elongated solar prominence rose up above the sun’s surface and slowly unraveled on Feb. 3, 2016, as seen in this video by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO. Prominences, also known as ...

On Feb. 22, 2022, a gigantic solar prominence formed on the surface of the sun, blasting a large coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

While many cities and towns across the globe ended 2023 with fireworks, the sun was busy producing some excitement of its own —an X5 solar flare. This was the largest solar flare observed by NOAA’s ...

A spectacular solar feature has been caught in action by the Solar Orbiter mission. On March 17, 2025, the spacecraft recorded a striking solar prominence as it hovered over the Sun’s limb. The ...