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Solar Orbiter’s Pictures of the Sun are Every Bit as Dramatic as You Were Hoping
On March 26th, the ESA's Solar Orbiter made its closest approach to the Sun so far. It ventured inside Mercury's…
Wow! Perseverance Sees a Solar Eclipse on Mars
Imagine standing on Mars, and seeing this with your own eyes. (more…)
40 Telescopes Watched the Sun as the Parker Solar Probe Made its Most Recent Flyby
Sometimes in space, even when you’re millions of kilometers from anything, you’re still being watched. Or at least that’s the…
Coronal Loops Might Not Be Loops At All
We've all seen the gorgeous images and videos of coronal loops. They're curved magnetic forms that force brightly glowing plasma…
A Colossal Flare Erupted From the Far Side of the Sun
Earlier this week the Sun erupted with a huge explosion, blasting solar particles millions of kilometers into space. The team…
Latest Hubble Image Shows the Star-Forming Chamaeleon Cloud
Stars form inside vast collections of molecular hydrogen called molecular clouds, sometimes called stellar nurseries or star forming regions. Instabilities…
It Turns out, We Have a Very Well-Behaved Star
Should we thank our well-behaved Sun for our comfy home on Earth? Some stars behave poorly. They're unruly and emit…
Nearby Supernovae Exploded Just a few Million Years Ago, Leading to a Wave of Star Formation Around the Sun
The Sun isn't the only star in this galactic neighbourhood. Other stars also call this neighbourhood home. But what's the…
Parker Solar Probe Flies Through the Sun’s Outer Atmosphere for the First Time
For the first time ever, a spacecraft has flown through the Sun’s outer atmosphere. The Parker Solar Probe passed through…
This Incredible Photo of the Sun is Made up of 150,000 Individual Photographs
You’re looking at a 300-megapixel photo of our Sun. Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy used a specially modified telescope, taking over 150,000…