Having launched in February 2020, the Christmas Tree-sized spacecraft has been looping around the sun, getting ever closer as it attempts to take the highest-resolution images of our star ever.

said during a recent NASA livestream. While flying so close to the sun doesn't hold any promise of discovering alien life there or paving the way for future crewed missions to walk on the solar ...

New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating due to "thermal stress" from its recent ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shares images of the wonders of the Universe on social media and on its website. Most of the ... loops on the Sun. The vibrant image ...

A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun If you’ve ever done any public outreach work for astronomy—if you’ve given ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA’s June spacecraft completed its 40th close pass by the gas giant back in February.

Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ultraviolet light before a solar flare, which could act as an early warning system ...

With its close brush complete, the craft is expected to circle the Sun at this distance through to September and hopefully longer. Earlier this week, the spacecraft passed within a record-breaking ...