In an achievement that defies conventional wisdom among astronomers, a trio of eclipse chasers has captured what experts confirm is the first documented observation of the solar corona during a ...

The PUNCH Space Mission, launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) earlier this year to observe ...

Northern lights enthusiasts have reason to be excited this week as a series of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from the Sun ...

The Sun has a weather pattern of its own, and one of the strangest is the solar rain that falls in its atmosphere during ...

The solar magnetic field stores the energy that heats the Sun’s corona to over one million degrees and powers dynamic, potentially earth-effective events like solar flares and coronal mass ejections.

High above the Sun’s blazing equator lie its mysterious poles, the birthplace of fast solar winds and the heart of its ...

As we approach October 16, space weather enthusiasts and scientists alike are keeping a close eye on the forecast for geomagnetic storms. The prediction of isolated G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm ...

Scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi have discovered why it rains on the Sun. Solar rain, made of cooling plasma, forms ...

Two European satellites created an "artificial total solar eclipse" in space, the European Space Agency announced June 16, delivering data that will improve scientists' understanding of the sun and ...

After a period of relative quiet on the surface of the sun, it is ramping up again in an era of high activity. It could ...

"Most people just dismiss partial eclipses. But I wanted to go to this partial eclipse to try to get the corona — and I did it! This has opened the door to new dreams and challenges." In an ...