The "corpse" of a sunspot exploded Monday (April 11), triggering a mass ejection of solar material that is headed in Earth's direction.

The simple plasma ball – it graces science museums and classrooms all around the world. It shares a place with the Van de Graaf generator, with the convenient addition of spectacular plasma r… ...

The tiny lightning inside is plasma, which forms when high voltage at the center of the ball causes electrons to separate from atoms in the surrounding gas, yielding a mix of charged and neutral ...

NJEDA partners with SOSV, PPPL to launch HAX Plasma Forge in Princeton, aiming to commercialize plasma research and grow NJ's ...

The supermassive black hole lurking at the center of the Milky Way is privy to powerful flare-ups, and new evidence shows it's circled by a strange blob that flies through space at 30 percent the ...

Scientists made ball-like plasma that closely resembles the mysterious phenomenon known as ball lightning using Gatorade to figure out its special properties. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

Ball lightning – the mysterious slow-moving spheres of light occasionally seen during thunderstorms – has been created in the lab. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics ...

The Pentagon is advancing work on plasma technology that can deliver intelligible speech to nearby locations and create non-lethal deterrents. Instead of beaming a flashing light or shouting over ...