Incredible new images of the sun's surface provide an unprecedented view of sunspots and other solar activity.

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

The sun's corona—the outermost layer of its atmosphere, visible only during a total solar eclipse—has long intrigued ...

The sun emitted a strong solar flare on Wednesday, May 14. Solar flares are giant explosions on the sun that send energy, ...

DURFEY: In the beginning of our solar system, the sun was surrounded by a disc of dust ... MERCED: There is so much information in darkness. If we pay more attention and we trust what we perceive ...

Stars that pass close to the solar system could pull planets out of alignment, sending them hurtling into the sun or out into ...

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.