New images of the sun captured by the Solar Orbiter mission showcase the highest-resolution views of our star’s visible surface ever seen, revealing sunspots and continuously moving charged gas called ...

The sun may too bright and too powerful for us to look at with the naked eye, even from nearly 92 million miles away on Earth, but a solar orbiter recently got an unprecedented up-close glimpse of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft is on a ...

A European spacecraft is showing us how dynamic the Sun is with newly released images, the highest-resolution images of our star's surface so far. The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter observes ...

A stunning new image of the Sun, captured by the National Solar Observatory (NSO) using the powerful Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii, has revealed a never-before-seen feature: magnetic stripes on the ...

The Parker Solar Probe is attempting the closest ever pass of the sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. An image from the Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR instrument of a coronal streamer of the sun, about 16.9 ...

At 3.8 million miles from the Sun's surface, Parker Solar Probe will be the closest a human-made object's ever been to our host star. Reading time 3 minutes The Sun is getting a surprise visitor for ...

New images of the sun captured by the Solar Orbiter mission showcase the highest-resolution views of our star’s visible surface ever seen, revealing sunspots and continuously moving charged gas called ...

In brief: The Solar Orbiter's ongoing mission to the Sun has unlocked invaluable information for researchers during its spiral around our star. The mission has already transformed our understanding of ...