One of the ways that scientists study solar wind—charged particles streaming from the sun’s surface—is by observing the sun’s outer atmosphere, called the corona. But because the sun is so blindingly ...

The Sun’s outer atmosphere—the corona—only reveals itself during total solar eclipses, which happen about every 18 months on ...

The European Space Agency revealed that a mission to create an artificial eclipse was a success. The photos will allow ...

Discover interesting facts about the sun, the solar system's central star that supports all life on Earth.

Never before seen pictures will help scientists learn how the Sun's activity changes from stormy to quiet periods ...

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

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed two large planets at different stages of infancy - one with an atmosphere ...