NASA's new "CODEX" telescope has snapped its first photos of the sun's outer atmosphere, revealing previously imperceptible ...

The sun likes to remind us that Earth is merely one part of a joined system.It has ultraviolet rays that can burn our skin and eyes and even drive extinction.Its light can disappear altogether ...

When the sun reaches its period of peak activity, ... told Space.com. During solar minimum, the sun's magnetic field is close to a dipole, with one north pole and one south pole, ...

Newly-released photos capture the sun in highest resolution ever, space agency says The Solar Orbiter, which launched in February 2020, imaged the sun's surface from less than 46 million miles ...

The European Space Agency revealed that a mission to create an artificial eclipse was a success. The photos will allow scientists to study the sun's corona.

A NASA space probe that's used to observe the sun has set a speed record. On its 17th trip around the sun, NASA's Parker Solar Probe traveled at nearly 400,000 miles per hour. That makes the probe ...

Why it's so special: This stunning image shows the sun's corona during two total solar eclipses — on April 20, 2023, and April 8, 2024. The photo, snapped by a team of eclipse-chasing ...

This magnetic cycle lasts approximately 22 years, through which the sun's magnetic field reverses and then reverts to its original state, Ryan French, a solar astrophysicist and Space.com ...