The Sun will die, and it’s going to be spectacular. In approximately five billion years, our star will exhaust the hydrogen ...

Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi have usedrare total solar eclipses to gain unprecedented insights into the turbulent ...

The Sun fired off six X-class flares in the first four days of February 2026, a burst of extreme activity spanning roughly ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has spent the past year repeatedly diving into the sun’s outer atmosphere at speeds no human-made ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has completed a historic milestone by traveling closer to the Sun than any spacecraft before it. The groundbreaking data it has collected is offering new insights into the ...

To study the sun, scientists use a specialized telescope called a coronagraph. This instrument mimics a solar eclipse by using a occulting disk to block out the sun's bright light. By doing this, ...

On February 17, 2026, an annular solar eclipse occurred, offering a spectacular view of the “ring of fire” in the sky. The European Space Agency (ESA) captured this rare cosmic event from space ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX launched three satellites early Wednesday on a million-mile trip to tackle the mysteries of space weather, including how to protect from the sun’s disruptive and ...

In early September 2025, skywatchers in parts of the Eastern Hemisphere were treated to a total lunar eclipse as Earth blocked the sun's light from the moon. The eclipse occurred in the evening of ...

A cluster of space weather satellites blasted off Wednesday morning to cast fresh eyes on solar storms that can produce stunning auroras but also scramble communications and threaten astronauts in ...

Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi have uncovered new clues about how energy moves through the sun's outer atmosphere, using one of nature's rarest events as their window: total solar eclipses.