Solar Astronomy
Sunspot Solar Observatory has been Shut Down by the FBI and Nobody’s Saying Why
The Sunspot Solar Observatory has been temporarily shut down and evacuated due to a security threat.
Are We Witnessing the Start of Solar Cycle 25?
What's up with the Sun? As we've said previous, what the Sun isn't doing is the big news of 2018…
The Sun is Actually One of the Most Difficult Places to Reach in the Solar System. Here’s how the Parker Solar Probe Will Do It
The Parker Solar Probe, which will spend the next seven years getting closer to the Sun than any previous mission,…
This is a Photo of Neptune, From the Ground! ESO’s New Adaptive Optics Makes Ground Telescopes Ignore the Earth’s Atmosphere
Using advanced adaptive optics, the ESO's Very Large Telescope was able to capture pictures of Neptune, star clusters and other…
Watch the Sun to Know When We’re Going to Have Killer Auroras
Scientists are getting better at predicting colorful auroras here on Earth by closely watching the behavior of the Sun.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Will Touch the Sun — So Can You
Join NASA's most daring mission to the Sun by sending your name along for the ride on the Parker Solar…
22 Years Of The Sun From Soho
SOHO is celebrating a huge milestone, and one it was never intended to meet: it has now observed one complete,…
Unexpected Solar Flare is Also the Largest in Twelve Years
The largest solar flare in twelve years was recently witnessed by a team of UK scientists, and could teach us…
Big Solar Storm Coming Our Way, Now’s Your Chance to See Auroras
NASA just observed two powerful flares emitted off the Sun. Now's your chance to see some auroras, if the full…
NASA Plans to Send CubeSat To Venus to Unlock Atmospheric Mystery
As part of its Planetary Science Deep Space SmallSat Studies program, NASA has selected a CubeSat mission to study Venus'…