A groundbreaking new mission may soon allow scientists to study the sun’s corona with unprecedented clarity. The Moon-Enabled ...

When white dwarfs—the hot remnants of stars like our sun—are orbited closely by another star, they sometimes steal mass away ...

Sunspots are the most striking phenomenon of the solar magnetic field. After the invention of the telescope early in the 17th ...

The shortlist for Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 features 30 photographs selected from more than 5,800 global ...

Astronomers had long been suspecting that some stars do meet their end of life with a dual detonation and new images prove ...

Thanks to its innovative orbital configuration, MESOM would effectively experience a total solar eclipse every synodic month as it naturally passes through the apex of the Moon’s umbral cone, or the ...

Comet or asteroid heading for the Sun is only the third time an interstellar object has been spotted inside our group of ...

Mars shines in the evening, and is joined briefly by Mercury. Jupiter joins Venus as the month goes on. And all month, look ...

The icy giant is more than 10 times the size of any known comet, according to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

For decades, scientists have struggled to see the outermost layer of the Sun, called the corona, with enough detail to unlock ...

Sedna will reach its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, providing a remarkable space-faring opportunity that won’t come ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...