Noctilucent clouds were once thought to be a fairly modern phenomenon. A team of researcher have recently calculated that Earth…
Our Sun is one of the most fascinating objects in the universe and photographing it with specialized equipment to capture…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has been in studying the Sun for the last six years. In 2021 it was hit…
Looking at prospects for eclipse day and totality.
Studying exoplanets is made more difficult by the light from the host star. Coronagraphs are devices that block out the…
Surrounding the brilliant Sun is a layer of diffuse plasma known as the corona. You can't see it most of…
On April 10th, ESA's Solar Orbiter made its closest flyby of the Sun, coming to within just 29% of the…
We've all seen the gorgeous images and videos of coronal loops. They're curved magnetic forms that force brightly glowing plasma…
For the first time ever, a spacecraft has flown through the Sun’s outer atmosphere. The Parker Solar Probe passed through…
The Parker Solar Probe recently collected its first-light data in order to test its instruments, and snapped some beautiful pictures…