Analysis of the data has now been published, which reveals magnetic fields speeding toward the pole much faster than expected ...

In a striking new view from space, the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter has given scientists their first close-up ...

Astrophotographer Mark Johnstron captured a mesmerizing cloud of hydrogen plasma dancing above the sun's limb in this breathtaking video.

A spaceship has captured its most detailed picture of the Sun ever - and it doesn't look happy. The Solar Orbiter produced its widest high-res view of our star, showing the million-degree hot ...

NASA has been slowly working the Parker Solar Probe closer and closer to the Sun ever since its launch in 2018. The probe, which is heralded as the fastest object humans have ever made, has broken ...

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made a historic milestone on Christmas Eve of last year, passing closer to the Sun than any spacecraft ever before. This remarkable flyby took place just 3.8 million miles (6 ...

On Christmas Eve of last year, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made spaceflight history, flying by the Sun at a record-setting distance of just 3.8 million miles (6.12 million kilometers) from the solar ...

The study was accompanied by this processed image of the Sun's south pole (indicated by the white dot), which is constructed by combining eight days of observations from March this year.