The sun's lower atmosphere, the chromosphere, is usually drowned out by light from below it. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The ...

Astronomers have finally captured the first images of the Sun's chromosphere. The image was made possible thanks to the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope. The images that the National Science ...

SNIFS mission team. Image Credit: NASA. On July 18, NASA successfully launched a sounding rocket mission from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, carrying a remarkable new technology. Its ...

The image below is of the solar chromosphere and was taken in 1999 during a total solar eclipse. The red and pink hues seen around the edges are created by light emitted by hydrogen. The bright colors ...

Looking at the sun through a telescope can cause serious damage to your health and vision, so how exactly are we meant to get pictures of the Sun's surface if we can't even look at it? Well, that's ...

Imagine for a minute that you have been transported to the middle layers of the sun’s atmosphere. The sun’s surface, the “visible disc” scientists call the photosphere, boils below you, red-hot plasma ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This article is more than 3 years old. The first images of ...

As the Sun nears solar maximum, an abundance of phenomena dance across its surface. The chromosphere—the layer of the Sun sandwiched between the photosphere and the corona—swirls with filaments, ...

For decades after its discovery, observers could only see the solar chromosphere for a few fleeting moments: during a total solar eclipse, when a bright red glow ringed the Moon’s silhouette. More ...

States like Florida, Texas and California are no strangers to routine rocket launches − but New Mexico? Spacecraft also sometimes get off the ground from the state. Space news coverage may be ...