An Electric Look at a Solar Flare on the Sun
It always makes for a beautiful video whenever the suns lashes out with a solar flare. Here’s one from earlier this…
Auroras Are Colourful Reminders To Upgrade Our Infrastructure
While beautiful, auroras can also be the harbinger of the collapse of civilization. If a sufficiently large flare and…
No, Coronal Cavities are Not Alien Spaceships Refeuling
Back in 2012, the Solar Dynamic Observatory recorded one of our star's many burps, but this one was different. This one…
Solar burp
Our sun let out a mid-level solar flare yesterday, and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of it in…
The exact moment a flare is ejected from an F-16
The Aviationist found this incredible picture taken by Nikos Delhanidids at the Thessaloniki airbase. It captures the…
The Sun Spewed Out a Beautiful Solar Flare This Week
The sun emitted a solar flare at 8:30 pm EDT on October 23rd, and NASA captured in all its glory at its Solar Dynamics…
Shooting Challenge: Sandwich Bag Filter
Light leaks create some of the most serendipitous moments in photography. But in digital, they're usually created by…
Apple Acknowledges iPhone 5 Camera Problem, Says You're Holding It Wrong
After initially denying it, Apple has acknowledged the iPhone 5's purple flare camera problem in an email to a Gizmodo…
NASA Captures the Sun's Most Striking Photo Yet
You are looking at the Sun's Evil Eye. Or the Death Star ready to shoot its planet-destructing laser. Or Jean Grey…
Huge Solar Flare to Hit Earth Today, Disrupting Power and Communications
NASA reports that two massive solar flares erupted from the sun on Tuesday which are expected to hit Earth this…
We Surf With Fire Now
Some surfers reach great heights. Some stay up for great distances. And some, as of just very recently, attach…
The iPhone Apps Everyone Should Have June 2011
The end of the month is here, and that means it's time to do a little housekeeping on our list of the absolute best…
How worried should we be about solar storms?
The Sun is entering a period of seriously intense solar activity, releasing huge volleys of charged particles and…
Enormous Solar Flare Set Will Cause Massive Communication Disruptions Tonight
It appears Tuesday's massive solar eruption is already impacting communications in southern China and may disrupt…
Watch the Sun's Epic Cosmic Belch in HD
That 12-hour geomagnetic storm the other night that made the sky look all funky for some Northerners? Here it is in…
121 Flaring Wallpapers
For this week's Shooting Challenge, you were asked to reignite our interest in lens flare. And, at least for me, you…
The Most Spectacular Sun View to Date
Look, Hell exists, and it's beautiful. Here's the Sun showing its largest eruption in 15 years, according to NASA. 126…
Wind-Sensitive LED Dandelion Dress Is Made for Pretty Night Fairies
I like this dress embroidered with dandelion lights. Called Flare, it was created by designer Stijn Ossevoort. The LED…