A striking and unprecedented image of a solar eruption has been captured by NASA and the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft. It's the largest solar prominence ever observed in a single ...

The partial solar eclipse was visible to over 16 million people when it darkened the sky over the Pacific on Sept. 21-22 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The record-breaking Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) has ...

The sun may too bright and too powerful for us to look at with the naked eye, even from nearly 92 million miles away on Earth, but a solar orbiter recently got an unprecedented up-close glimpse of the ...

The Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for July 30, 2025, features an awe-inspiring image of coronal loops on the Sun, offering a rare glimpse into the dynamic behavior of our star. Captured by ...

(CNN) — A newly released image of the sun captured by the world’s largest solar telescope shows the surface of our nearest star in unprecedented detail, shedding light on its fiery complexity. The ...

The smallest magnetic loops ever seen in the sun's corona — imaged for the first time by the National Science Foundation's Daniel F. Inouye Solar Telescope — could be the bottom floor of the machinery ...

Prior to the ESA releasing the photos, any image you have ever seen of the sun was taken from around its equator. The Solar Orbiter launched February 2020 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in ...

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft has sent home the highest resolution views of the sun's surface to date, providing fresh views of our well-studied star. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

In a recent paper that has yet to be peer reviewed, a team of astronomers used the Keck data to confirm “previously reported ...

The sun is in a spirited mood as it kicks out a glowing series of solar flares, including a fresh X9 that's the most intense we've seen in years. Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers ...