On April 10th, ESA's Solar Orbiter made its closest flyby of the Sun, coming to within just 29% of the…
You’ve probably never seen our Sun look like this before. This bizarre image of old Sol is made from data…
Using data from the Solar Dynamics Observatory, scientists have discovered new clues that could help predict when and where the…
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has released an hour-long time-lapse video that shows 133 days of the Sun's life. The…
Since it launched in 2010, the Solar Dynamics Observatory has helped scientists understand how the Sun's magnetic field is generated…
I forget the Sun is a star. I think we all do sometimes. It’s easy to take for granted. The…
Do you wonder how astronomers find all those exoplanets orbiting stars in distant solar systems? Mostly they use the transit…
A new study takes a look at observational evidence obtained about Venus during its 2012 transit of the Sun, which…
No one had a better view of the transit of Mercury across the Sun than the space-based Solar Dynamics Observatory,…
Four years ago today, the Solar Dynamics Observatory embarked on a five-year mission to boldly go where no Sun-observing satellite…