You've seen the Sun, but you've never seen the Sun like this. This single frame from a video captured by…
The solar cycle has been reasonably well understood since 1843 when Samuel Schwabe spent 17 years observing the variation of…
Surrounding the brilliant Sun is a layer of diffuse plasma known as the corona. You can't see it most of…
Spacecraft instruments are highly specialized and can take years to design, build, and test. But a last-minute hack to one…
On April 10th, ESA's Solar Orbiter made its closest flyby of the Sun, coming to within just 29% of the…
Solar Orbiter’s unique vantage point recently allowed researchers to make a crucial observation, of the solar system’s innermost world.
Massive solar storms on the Sun are becoming more common as it moves into a period of increasing solar activity…
On March 26th, the ESA's Solar Orbiter made its closest approach to the Sun so far. It ventured inside Mercury's…
The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter snaps an amazing image, en route to its first close pass near the Sun.
Earlier this week the Sun erupted with a huge explosion, blasting solar particles millions of kilometers into space. The team…