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Space Forty years of solar data finds our Sun is changing from the inside out

Helioseismic data suggest the Sun’s magnetic activity is being squeezed into a shallower layer near the surface.

Space Large-scale waves are forming deep inside our Sun Joseph Shavit

Space Astronomers find clearest evidence yet of a dark matter subhalo near the Sun Joseph Shavit

Space Scientists produce the longest continuous series of images for a single active solar region Joseph Shavit

Space Astronomers map the Sun’s shifting atmospheric edge for the first time Joseph Shavit

Space First-ever images of powerful X1.3-class solar flare captured by solar telescope Joshua Shavit

Space Scientists finally explain why the Sun’s corona burns millions of degrees hotter than its surface Joshua Shavit

Space Astronomers solve the mystery of why the Sun’s outer atmosphere is far hotter than its surface Mac Oliveau

Discoveries Sunlight’s hidden electric field linked to faster water evaporation

Space Swirling clouds of gas and dust rich in CO2, not water form planets, study finds

Space Sunlight-powered flying structures could transform space exploration

Space Astronomers discover a newborn gas-giant exoplanet circling a young 5 million-year-old star

Space A cosmic flash that could explain the birth of supermassive black holes

Space One-third of sun-like stars are born tilted

Space The most powerful solar telescope on Earth reveals forces that drive solar storms

Space New telescope technology reveals Sun’s corona in unmatched detail

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