Every second, the Sun sheds roughly 4 million tons of itself, converting matter into the light and heat that sustain life on ...

As one of the five panels that will provide input to the steering committee of the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033; the Panel on the Physics of the Sun and ...

Scientists used the world’s largest solar telescope to capture incredibly detailed images of the Sun’s surface, revealing ultra-fine magnetic stripes rippling across the star and magnetic fields that ...

A team of scientists has created an “MRI” of the Sun’s interior plasma motions, shedding light on how it transfers heat from its deep interior to its surface. The result, which appears in the journal ...

The interior of the Sun does not rotate at the same rate at all latitudes. The physical origin of this differential rotation is not fully understood. It turns out, long-period solar oscillations ...

Scientists have struggled to accurately forecast the strength of the sun’s 11-year cycle — even after centuries of solar observations. The sun looks immutable, a boring celestial lightbulb that’s ...

The world's largest solar telescope has reached an important milestone. The data published now were obtained during the technical commissioning of the instrument. The world's largest solar telescope, ...

"These first images of the solar poles are just the start." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The European Space Agency's Solar ...

NASA’s STEREO spacecraft captured Comet ATLAS streaming a bright ion tail directly away from the Sun even as Solar Orbiter ...