A new adaptive optics system reveals stunning, ultra-sharp views of the Sun’s corona—offering an unprecedented look at solar ...

Sunspot AR3184 erupted with an X1.9-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured the fireworks. The ...

A stunning new image of the Sun, captured by the National Solar Observatory (NSO) using the powerful Inouye Solar Telescope ...

The images show ultra-fine bright and dark stripes (called striations) in the thin, gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere ...

You can even spot thin, stripe-like patterns, called striations, on the Sun’s surface. This is the first time they've ever ...

The Sun’s magnetic field is stronger than Earth’s own, and in certain variable regions it can be thousands of times stronger.

The stripes, called striations, ripple across the walls of solar granules—convection cells in the Sun’s photosphere where hot ...

In addition to the TMT, proposed federal funding cuts threaten the world-class Keck and Gemini observatories, the solar ...

A computer simulation predicts that the Rubin Observatory will discover millions of previously undetected objects in the ...

A team of solar physicists has released a new study shedding light on the fine-scale structure of the sun's surface. Using ...

Solar scientists have unveiled spectacular new images of plasma "rain" in the sun's corona using adaptive optics.

Astronomers have captured the Sun's corona in astonishing detail, revealing mesmerizing features like coronal rain — all in ...