"This is one of the most exciting results from Solar Orbiter so far." ...

Scientists have pulled back the curtain on one of the most extreme solar regions seen in decades, tracking it almost nonstop for three months as it unleashed powerful space weather. By combining views ...

Aurora alert! The colossal solar storm could impact and trigger impressive northern lights.

A powerful flare unleashed a severe solar storm that caused auroras and GPS disruptions on Earth.

Solar prominences occur when the sun’s plasma, flowing along the magnetic field lines that the sun creates, forms a loop into space along the edge of the sun’s disk. When a prominence becomes ...

Safe solar observation is achievable through specialized eclipse glasses and telescope filters, enabling direct viewing of the Sun's dynamic surface. White-light filters, categorized as glass or film, ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Our sun is the best-observed star in the entire universe. We see its light every day. For centuries, scientists have tracked the dark ...

Sunburn and heat exhaustion aren’t the only reasons to avoid too much sunshine this summer: Going gray is another consideration. Hair strands, which grow out of glands called follicles, can't change ...