Seeing a total solar eclipse can be even more impressive than witnessing the aurora borealis, but it will be quite a while ...

Astronomers have captured videos of the sun without the typical blur caused by turbulence in Earth's atmosphere ...

The NSF’s Inouye Solar Telescope has captured ultra-fine magnetic striations, or “magnetic curtains,” on the sun’s surface, ...

China's ambitious Tianwen-2 mission will soon be heading to two extremely different space rocks, and should provide vital ...

NASA mission controllers raced against time to find a solution before a crucial ground-based radio used for communicating with Voyagers 1 and 2, went offline for upgrades.

Known as PUNCH, the suitcase-sized craft from Southwest ... material spewing out of the sun every second creates the wind, which impacts everything in the solar system, SwRI said.

At that point, around 30-40% of the sun was obscured, according to the Royal Observatory. Most of us are normally unaware of the mechanics of the solar system. But when the silhouette of the moon ...

The craft was operating normally after it passed just 6.1 million km from the solar surface. This distance might not ... s Living With a Star program to explore aspects of the Sun-Earth system that ...

With its close brush complete, the craft is ... "Parker Solar Probe was developed as part of NASA’s Living With a Star program to explore aspects of the Sun-Earth system that directly affect ...

If the Earth and sun marked opposite ... They also created a cooling system for the spacecraft’s solar panels by pumping pressurized water through titanium radiators, keeping their temps to 320 F ...

“By studying the Sun up close, we can better understand its impacts throughout our solar system, including on the ... our home planet,” Fox said. The craft is equipped with a shield that ...