Solar system comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) makes its closest approach to the sun today (Jan. 20) during an event known as ...

NASA's new CMEx mission will measure the Sun's chromosphere magnetism, the origin of solar storms, hoping to improve solar ...

NASA has selected a proposed solar mission for further study as part of its Small Explorer programme, extending early design ...

For the first time in the history of solar observation, NASA has made the Sun’s invisible magnetic behavior visible. Using footage recorded during a recent flyby, the Parker Solar Probe has shown the ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its second close flyby of the sun, the space agency announced earlier this week. The car-sized spacecraft swooped within 8 million miles (6.1 ...

Just in time for Halloween, NASA has released a print of the Sun that appears to be smiling. The picture, taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), shows a face-like pattern on the Sun’s ...

Scientists have pulled back the curtain on one of the most extreme solar regions seen in decades, tracking it almost nonstop ...

From changes in solar activity to shifts in climate and atmosphere, the study of Earth’s future often reveals as much about the present as it does about the distant end. Researchers using a NASA ...

We all rely on the sun to supply our planet with light and warmth, but despite it being vital to our continued existence, there's a lot that scientists still don't know about it. A new study has ...