#solar-activity

#solar-activity

Arizona-based amateur astronomer Andrew McCarthy shared the now-viral image on Reddit, calling it the "most preposterously fake-looking real photo I've ever captured." The gorgeous image, fittingly titled "The Fall of Icarus" - and which you can buy as a print to support McCarthy right here - shows "my friend transiting an active region on the Sun in freefall," he wrote in the caption.

A massive explosion of solar plasma erupted from the sun, caught by NASA satellites, showcasing a dramatic burst large enough to stretch across 30 Earths.

Parts of the UK could be treated to a display of the northern lights across the night sky tonight thanks to recent solar activity. The Met Office forecast the effects of a coronial mass ejection - a burst of material from the sun into space - would result in the colourful displays across northern parts of the UK from Tuesday evening.