NASA's record-setting spacecraft was just 3.8 million miles from the sun's surface—the closest any human-made object has ever ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its record-breaking flyby, coming within just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the solar surface on Christmas Eve.

19, 2024 — Scientists have unveiled groundbreaking research on the origins of lunar water, offering insights that could reshape our understanding of the Earth-Moon system and the broader solar ...

Narrator: Serious scientists, like myself, believe our solar system was formed by the collapse of a giant cloud of gas and rock and is held together by the gravitational pull of the Sun.

The huge solar flare may be the last big explosion from the sun this year. The sun is not quite done with 2024.

Earth is now closer to the sun than at any other time of the year. Here's why our planet's axial tilt, not proximity to the ...

Fast solar wind from a massive coronal hole in the sun could trigger dazzling auroral displays as geomagnetic activity is ...

The European Space Agency shows how the sun’s activity has ramped up as it careened toward "solar maximum." Data sonification brings solar flares to life through audio.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe skimmed the sun on Christmas Eve and lived to tell the tale. The heat-hardened spacecraft made its closest solar flyby yet at 6:53 a.m. EST on December 24. It came within 6.1 ...

It was released on Sunday, and could cause disruption in the coming days. The Sun is currently in its “solar maximum”, or the most active part of its 11-year cycle. That means that it is more ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a massive 'tornado' on the sun in multiple wavelengths. Unlike the Earth, ...

Solar-Powered Desalination System Requires No Extra Batteries Oct. 8, 2024 — Engineers built a solar-powered desalination system that produces large quantities of clean water despite variations ...