sun

The strange configuration of material in the outer reaches of our solar system has led a team of scientists to…

The closest images ever taken of the Sun have revealed a never-before-seen stellar phenomenon. Dubbed “campfires,”…

Netflix’s Into the Night is a point of personal fascination for me, for the sole and entire reason that is…

The Solar Orbiter project, a collaboration between the European Space Agency and NASA, has begun a critical new…

NASA’s daring mission to kiss the Sun is now into its 15th month, with the Parker Solar Probe steadily drawing…

High-energy superflares are typically associated with young, quickly rotating stars, but new evidence suggests…

Evidence of an unusually strong solar storm that hit Earth in 660 BCE has been detected in Greenland ice cores—a…

It’s been a while since we last heard from the Parker Solar Probe, the NASA spacecraft voted most likely to end up…

The Parker Solar Probe blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Sunday, setting itself on…

We all know you shouldn’t leave pets, infants, or the elderly in your car on a sunny summer day. But giant…

The fine folks at NASA are sending a spacecraft to the Sun, and they want to send a little piece of you along with…

The best planet, Mercury, is in the midst of telling us something important about our sun: It’s losing mass.

Since early last week, the Sun has belched out a steady stream of solar flares, including the most powerful burst…

With all the fascinating planets in our solar system, it sometimes feels like the Sun gets overlooked. The Sun is…

If you’ve managed to hang onto your solar eclipse glasses since August 21st, don’t throw them away! If you haven’t…

The Sun’s impact on weather here on Earth is clear: It makes it hot or cold, it powers air currents, it causes water…

We have told you not to stare at the Sun today. We have told you to use safety glasses. We have tried so very hard,…

On October 14, 2014, our Sun let out a great big burp, a coronal mass ejection that swept through the Solar System…

Observed from the ground, the total solar eclipse happening on August 21, when the Moon completely blocks your view…

Humans are pretty jaded these days. We can write most of the strange phenomena we see off as science (or we honestly…