Using data collected by NASA's Parker Solar Probe during its closest approach to the sun, a University of Arizona-led ...

"This is one of the most exciting results from Solar Orbiter so far." ...

Scientists watched a solar flare grow from tiny magnetic sparks into a violent plasma-raining avalanche on the Sun.

The ESIS-II mission aims to capture high-speed “snapshot” images of the Sun’s transition region and corona. To achieve this, the instrument utilizes a slitless spectrograph design that requires ...

Sunbeams contain a lot of energy. But current technology for harvesting solar power doesn't capture as much as it could. Now, ...

A powerful solar storm lit skies far beyond the poles, revealing how Earth’s magnetic shield protects the planet during ...

Tree rings hold clues about ancient solar storms. New research shows tree growth and carbon storage can shift those signals ...

Researchers report that gold nanospheres, named supraballs, can absorb nearly all wavelengths in sunlight — including some ...

A new time-lapse reveals the Sun’s inner corona glowing a faint yellow, offering a rare look at the hottest layer of our star’s atmosphere. The footage was created using images from the ASPIICS ...

A rare total solar eclipse will cross Greenland, Iceland and Spain — Europe’s first mainland totality since 1999 — on Aug. 12 ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope in a patch of the sky covering almost three times the area of the full moon, scientists have ...

Massive stars have an outsized influence on their environment and the galaxies they call home. These behemoths have the highest surface temperatures of any normal stars, so they emit copious amounts ...