On December 24, 2024, while most of the world was settling into Christmas Eve, a spacecraft the size of a small car was ...

Astronomers have produced the first continuous, two-dimensional maps of the outer edge of the sun's atmosphere, a shifting, frothy boundary that marks where solar winds escape the sun's magnetic grasp ...

On August 21, 2025, the Sun emitted what appeared to be a routine burst of radio-wave energy—the kind astronomers observe ...

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Astronomers have achieved a major breakthrough in solar physics by successfully producing detailed maps of the Sun's coronal magnetic fields. This milestone promises to enhance our understanding of ...

The sun has erupted with a moderate M5.7 solar flare and a coronal mass ejection that could trigger a northern lights display ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Scientists threw everything they had at the sky during the solar eclipse that swept across much of the United States on April 8, 2024. They deployed high-altitude aircraft, enlisted ...

Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe after hydrogen. But scientists aren’t sure just how much there actually is in the Sun’s atmosphere, where it is hard to measure. Knowing the ...

Almost no one ever writes about the Parker Solar Probe anymore. Sure, the spacecraft got some attention when it launched. It is, after all, the fastest-moving object that humans have ever built. At ...

The sun’s solar weather has caused several atmospheric events since entering its solar maximum phase on Oct. 15, according to NASA. The phenomenon happens about every 11 years as the sun's shifting ...

The sun has erupted with a moderate M5.7 solar flare and a coronal mass ejection that could trigger a northern lights display.