NASA had a special Christmas gift last year. On December 24, the Parker Solar Probe reached the closest it will ever get to ...

After weeks of reduced activity, the sun erupted with three powerful flares on a single day. That could send solar flares ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made the closest flyby of the sun ever made by a spacecraft in Dec. 25. See the views it captured ...

Photographing the sun can be an amazing experience and this guide explains how to do it in safety with a camera or telescope.

Northern Canada and Alaska will have the highest likelihood of viewing the phenomenon, once the sun sets in the state. A lesser chance is forecast for parts of Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, ...

The sun’s solar weather has caused several atmospheric events since entering its solar maximum phase on Oct. 15, according to NASA. The phenomenon happens about every 11 years as the sun's ...

The sun is in its 25th solar cycle, a period of activity in its magnetic field that typically lasts about 11 years. The current solar cycle began in December 2019.

With that in mind, Rawafi said he hopes that the sun puts on a spectacular show during the probe’s close approaches, enabling scientists to gain insights into the sun’s activity.

Ayaz said this phenomenon could explain why the sun's visible surface is around 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit (5,500 degrees Celsius) while the corona, which marks the uppermost part of the sun's ...

Though it might not seem like it on a cold day in winter, the Earth is actually technically inside the atmosphere of the Sun. But evidence outlined in a recent paper suggests it hasn't always been ...

Writing in Physical Review Letters, An et al. present a search for proposed dark-matter particles called dark photons using radiation from the Sun (H. An et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 171001; 2025).