For decades, scientists have struggled to see the outermost layer of the Sun, called the corona, with enough detail to unlock its secrets. This region, which blazes at millions of degrees and throws ...

Five years into its mission, Solar Orbiter stuns again with this detailed view of the Sun. What you see is the Sun’s million-degree hot atmosphere, called the corona, as it looks in ultraviolet light.

With advance warning, however, steps can be taken to reduce the risks. If an electrical grid is running near capacity, for ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has flown into the Sun's corona. Structures known as coronal streamers and the Milky Way can be ...

NASA's advanced space observatory known as SPHEREx is on its cosmic journey to solve some of the universe's biggest mysteries. The space telescope, which NASA has spent years developing, launched ...

In a dazzling first, two European spacecraft —flying in millimeter-perfect formation — have created an artificial solar eclipse in space, capturing the clearest images of the Sun’s elusive corona yet.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's Parker Solar Probe is no stranger to breaking records. On Dec. 24, 2024, Parker made ...

This week was monumental for NASA’s Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, or PUNCH mission. The four small satellites sent to low Earth orbit opened their eyes metaphorically for the first ...

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