NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured sunspot AR3386 blast a long-duration X1.6-class solar flare and X1 flare. See time ...

NASA has released the closest-ever images of the Sun, captured just 3.8 million miles from its surface. Since its launch in 2018, the Parker Solar Probe has gradually circled closer to the sun, flying ...

With soothing music in the background and images of swirling storms and iridescent solar flares, NASA's new 30-minute video of the sun filmed in 4K, Ultra HD video is an absorbing look at the ...

NASA recently released 30 minutes of the sun in incredible 4K resolution. With this, astronomers and astrophysicists can piece together detailed mechanisms found within the sun.

By flying closer to the Sun than ever, Parker Solar Probe reveals the chaotic birthplace of solar wind and space storms, ...

NASA is allowing you to engage in an extended gazing session at our planet's star this week with the release of a new video that reveals the sun -- rotation, solar flares and all -- in ...

Solar Orbiter image of the sun in visible light, taken on March 22, 2023. Sunspots are cooler than the surrounding surface. ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/PHI Team Image of the sun's magnetic field.

NASA caught the sun smiling down on us, literally The dark patches, known as coronal holes, are regions where solar wind escapes more quickly and readily into space. Geomagnetic storms can disrupt ...

A solar flare is a burst of radiation on the sun, according to NASA. They are the most powerful explosions in the solar system, with the biggest ones having as much energy as a billion hydrogen bombs.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe whizzes within 3.8 million miles of sun, setting a record The historic milestone is one NASA has been building toward ever since the Parker Solar Probe embarked in 2018 ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched in 2018 and has completed 21 close flybys around the sun. However, its mission on Christmas Eve will be unlike any other. At 6:53 a.m. ET, ...