The mystery of why the Sun’s outer atmosphere is far hotter than its surface has long puzzled scientists. The solar corona ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe (PSP) recently captured some mind-blowing images of the Sun from only 3.8 million miles away from its surface. The photos were taken late last year, and it is the closest any ...

24, 2025, NASA launched ... of defense from the Sun – changes during extreme space weather events. The second objective relates more to Earth sciences: The observatory will measure how water is ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Solar Orbiter launched from Cape Canaveral and began its journey to get a close, unprecedented look at our star. The mission, which is a joint collaboration between NASA and ...

NASA stated that SWAN has already become bright enough to see with the naked eye. Its ice is melted by the Sun's heat, ...

If you want to capture the majesty of the Sun, you should probably ask an artist, but if you want to capture its raw power, that’s a job for a robot. While generations of artists have painted or ...

The first incident occurred on Oct. 1, when a small asteroid designated 2025 TF slipped past Earth at an altitude of just 266 ...

"Up until Solar Orbiter, all solar imaging instruments have been within the ecliptic plane or very close to it," said Russell Howard, space scientist at the Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C., and ...