The "corpse" of a sunspot exploded Monday (April 11), triggering a mass ejection of solar material that is headed in Earth's direction. Sunspots are dark regions on the surface of the sun. They are ...

Ball lightning is one of those phenomena that could very easily be made up. It's basically a floating luminous sphere of plasma that can sometimes explode with no clear explanation, sometimes leaving ...

A flash of lightning. A thundering boom. And then a curious light floating through the air, illuminating the dark room, and bouncing off surfaces. “I was so terrified, I hid under my blanket,” says ...

The coronal mass ejection hints at what our sun may be capable of. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A baby version of the sun ...

Consciousness has long been described through various metaphors. William James famously compared it to a stream. Others have likened it to a theater, while still others have claimed it is like a ...

Cary Forest, a professor of physics and lead researcher for the new Wisconsin Plasma Physics Laboratory (WiPPL), stands next to the Big Red Plasma Ball in Sterling Hall. The Big Red Plasma Ball is one ...