The Sun has never looked quite like this. With a quartet of small satellites flying in formation, NASA’s PUNCH mission is ...

For thirty years, SOHO has delivered an unprecedented, nearly unbroken view of the Sun, surviving multiple near-catastrophic failures and becoming a cornerstone of modern solar science. Its long-term ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has given scientists an unprecedented glimpse of the Sun’s fiery behavior during powerful eruptions ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has captured the moon ...

In 2026, many people will hear the same strange phrase repeated again and again. The Sun will briefly disappear. It sounds ...

A mesmerising side-view video of a massive solar flare goes viral with eerie crackling sounds from real Nasa data.

Solar expert Dr. Ryan French explains how to safely photograph the sun and all of its stellar features with the use of cameras, lenses, telescopes and filters. When you purchase through links on our ...

The Sun looks like a warm yellow sphere with a surface covered with glowing messy hair. The yellow glow extends to the edges of the image, with some regions brighter than others. Many bright yellow ...

High above the Sun’s blazing equator lie its mysterious poles, the birthplace of fast solar winds and the heart of its magnetic heartbeat. For decades, scientists have struggled to see these regions, ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS was expected to come within 130 million miles of the sun on Oct. 30. For the time being, 3I/ATLAS will remain on the opposite side of the sun from Earth, making it impossible to observe ...

"Thanks to Solar Orbiter, we're getting to know our star better than ever." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The joint European ...

An interstellar comet that originated outside our solar system just made its closest pass of the sun, setting it on an outgoing path — but it’s not leaving our cosmic neighborhood yet. The comet, ...