On April 8, 2024, millions across the globe were captivated by the rare and mesmerizing phenomenon of a total solar eclipse. In an unprecedented effort to document this celestial event, NASA’s Eclipse ...

The heavily armored Parker Solar Probe has traveled to within just 3.86 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the sun’s surface — what NASA calls “hyper close.” It’s the third time it has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Artist’s concept of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft ...

For decades, scientists have tried in vain to accurately predict solar flares — intense bursts of light on the Sun that can send a flurry of charged particles into the solar system. Now, using NASA’s ...

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded a 24-hour time-lapse revealing the Sun’s dynamic corona despite low flare activity, while a coronal hole drives elevated solar winds toward Earth. The ...

A pair of satellites just launched into space that may help scientists solve long–standing mysteries about the Sun's corona and how it ties in to space weather. Solar eclipses are a wonder to behold, ...

Nasa has released the first photographs taken by the Artemis II astronauts during their fly-by of the Moon. The first image, ...

The sun, for all its glitz, tends to hide behind a veil of mystery. For instance, its outer atmosphere, the corona, appears to be hotter than its surface — like, way hotter — and scientists aren't ...

During a total solar eclipse, viewers can expect the sky to darken, as if dawn or dusk have arrived. Here's what to know ...