At the start of this new year, we look back at close-up pictures and solar flare data recorded by the ESA-led Solar Orbiter ...

Using the VLT Survey Telescope (VST), astronomers from Italy and Germany have observed a group of galaxies designated NGC ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe could solve the mysteries of the solar wind and test Einstein’s theory of relativity.

Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking milestone by capturing the first-ever image an astrosphere around a star ...

Heliophysics enters a pivotal year in 2025 with solar cycle activity, major missions, and a strategic research blueprint ...

Coronal holes are cooler, darker regions in the sun's corona, as described by NOAA. These areas allow solar wind to escape at higher speeds. When this wind interacts with Earth's magnetosphere, it can ...

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 ...

A NASA X-ray imager is heading to the Moon as part of NASA's Artemis campaign, where it will capture the first global images of the magnetic field that shields Earth from solar radiation.

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.

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