The surface of our sun is a wild, violent place and now we can see it in exquisite detail, thanks to the first images returned by the National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope ...

In the final moments before a total solar eclipse, the temperature drops, birds and insects sing, and the ambient light becomes otherworldly. Daytime morphs into a 360-degree dusk, and where the Sun ...

Our Earth is structured sort of like an onion – it’s one layer after another. Starting from the top down, there’s the crust, which includes the surface you walk on; then farther down, the mantle, ...

An authentic NASA photograph shows the surface of the sun. Rating: Miscaptioned (About this rating?) Context: The image was the work of astrophotographer Jason Guenzel, who created it through a mix of ...

BROUGHT A SAMPLE FROM THE BENNU ASTEROID TO EARTH. IN THIS PAST WEEK, RESEARCHERS SHARED THAT THE ASTEROID ACTUALLY CONTAINS THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE. THE ASTEROID HAD A BRINY BROTH, THAT BROTH ...

Scientists used the world’s largest solar telescope to capture incredibly detailed images of the Sun’s surface, revealing ultra-fine magnetic stripes rippling across the star and magnetic fields that ...

The Sun's magnetic field impacts the movement of plasma on the sun's surface, but it does not actually impact the amount of heat the sun emits. Solar flares, for example, are huge explosions that ...

A massive solar tornado, big enough to swallow the Earth, was observed twirling across the surface of the "quiet" sun last week. Using a telescope made from second hand parts, including part of an old ...