Photos of the sun's corona can help scientists study the solar wind — the more than 300,000 tons (272,000 metric tons) of material the sun blasts into space every second at a million mph (1.6 ...

First up is WR 124, a type of star called a Wolf-Rayet which is a potential precursor to a black hole. As these old, massive stars come to the end of their lives, they start throwing off layers of ...

Taken by NASA" garnered more than 266,000 reactions on Facebook at the time of this writing. It showed what appeared to be a close-up image of the sun, with red, orange and white hues across our ...

The Sun's rotation is bringing an active part of the star into view, and NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has already spotted a huge solar flare - categorised as the most powerful possible at X2.7.

Hubble Space Telescope's 35th anniversary: See NASA's new out-of-this-world images The Hubble Space Telescope, launched 35 years ago, has blown our minds with its striking images of far-away ...

NASA's sun-studying PUNCH mission captures its 1st-light images. Everything looks great so far Behold! 1st images of artificial solar eclipse captured by ESA's Proba-3 mission ...

NASA probe sets record as closest object to the sun 02:22. NASA's Parker Solar Probe has beamed home its first detailed update eight days after making a record-breaking approach to the sun, the ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is set for another close brush with the sun, reaching record speeds of 430,000 mph as it flies through the solar atmosphere. Scientists hope the mission will reveal new ...

NASA spacecraft makes history with closest-encounter with the sun To get so close, the Parker Solar Probe had to withstand the sun's extreme heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it.

WASHINGTON — NASA is delaying the launch of three missions to study the sun by several months because of issues with the primary payload. In a statement issued after the close of business Dec ...

NASA's PUNCH mission, a tiny constellation of four satellites, ... Photos of the sun's corona can help scientists study the solar wind — the more than 300,000 tons ...

In the case of NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System, the sail is pretty much a square half the size of a tennis court at approximately 860 square feet (80 square meters).