Astronomers have produced the first continuous, two-dimensional maps of the outer edge of the sun's atmosphere, a shifting, frothy boundary that marks where solar winds escape the sun's magnetic grasp ...

For observers on Earth, the sun appears as a bright, familiar disk—but what we see is only half the story. Like the moon, one half of the sun is permanently hidden from our direct view: the far side ...

Far above the Sun’s bright surface, a steady stream of charged particles accelerates into space. This outflow, known as the solar wind, starts nearly motionless and then races outward at hundreds of ...

How does the solar wind get heated as it leaves the Sun and approaches Earth? This is what a recent study published in Geophysical Research Letters hopes to address as a team of scientists from the ...

Astronomers have mapped the turbulent edge of the Sun where solar matter manages to escape the Sun's fierce magnetic grip. Reading time 2 minutes Stars are lively, often unpredictable parts of the ...

NASA has launched two robot observers into space on a two-year mission to capture the first-ever 3D images of the sun's solar storms. The space agency set off the twin robotic spacecraft, known as ...