The sun ended the weekend with a bang as a sunspot rotating out of our view erupted with a powerful solar flare on Sunday afternoon. At 2:27 p.m. EST (1927 GMT) on Sunday, (Feb. 24), a X2.0 solar ...

the hardy types can tolerate more sun. Give them afternoon shade in warm climates. Fuchsias need fertile, moist, well-draining soil. In containers, use an all-purpose potting mix. Keep fuchsia ...

A star like the Sun is at equilibrium - gravity tends to pull it inwards, and radiation pressure from the nuclear reactions tends to expand it outwards. In other words, the gravitational collapse ...