The one on the sun this week is shaped like a butterfly and measures around 300,000 miles across. A large dark area, known ...

The surface of our sun is a wild, violent place and now we can see it in exquisite detail, thanks to the first images returned by the National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope ...

Back in 2019, a consortium of scientists predicted August 2025 as the peak of the solar activity cycle. But where are we now?

A giant S-shape structure, around 10 times wider than Earth, recently appeared in the center of the sun, moments before our ...

A narrow-band image of the Sun at a wavelength of λ=588.9nm. VTF/KIS/NSF/NSO/AURA The sun might be responsible for light and life on Earth, but it can also be terrifying. The first image from the ...

Sharpest-ever view of the Sun’s surface reveals ultra-fine magnetic “stripes,” known as striations. Credit: NSF/NSO/AURA Scientists used the world’s largest solar telescope to capture incredibly ...

Our Earth is structured sort of like an onion – it’s one layer after another. Starting from the top down, there’s the crust, which includes the surface you walk on; then farther down, the mantle, ...

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A spectacular solar outburst called a “sigmoid eruption” created an eerie looking S shape on the sun’s surface that just ...

The color of the sun is actually white, though it may look yellow. If you were to get close enough to the sun, which you can't actually do, you'd be able to see its true color. The light rays from the ...