“This is the longest continuous series of images ever created for a single active region: It’s a milestone in solar physics,” ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA's) Solar Orbiter is out of alignment with the rest of the Solar System. And that's a good thing. By orbiting the Sun outside of the Solar System's orbital plane, the ...

Scientists have pulled back the curtain on one of the most extreme solar regions seen in decades, tracking it almost nonstop ...

We Earthlings see the sun every day of our lives—but gaining a truly new view of our star is a rare and precious thing. So count your lucky stars: for the first time in history, scientists have ...

On its closest-ever flyby to the sun, NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured newly released images of solar winds purging out from the sun's outermost atmosphere, the Corona. Scientists are learning more ...

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft — launched in February 2020 and taking the first-ever images of the sun at close range — has sent back one of the most detailed images of our star.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter has captured humanity's first-ever images of the sun's ...

Our Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is millions of degrees hotter than it should be, and no one knows why.