SUNSET: 
NASA's Parker Solar Probe to Touch the Sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe, set to launch in 2018, will be humanity's first effort to "touch the Sun," revolutionizing our understanding of the Sun's corona, the solar wind, and the greater heliosphere.
1967 Solar Flare Nearly Took U.S. and Soviets to Brink of War
An historical study from former U.S. military officials found that a solar flare was nearly responsible for military conflict with the Soviet Union in May 1967.