A violent solar eruption on May 31 launched a coronal mass ejection (CME) hurtling toward Earth, triggering a rare G4-level geomagnetic storm alert. Captured in real-time by U.S. Naval Research ...

The brightness and darkness of the stripes is controlled by the strength of the magnetic field, and very slight variations in ...

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

An incredibly sharp photo of the Sun has revealed, for the first time, the magnetic "striae" hidden on the solar surface. O ...

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 ...

Astronomers have captured videos of the sun without the typical blur caused by turbulence in Earth's atmosphere ...

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 ...