A large sunspot has just reappeared on the sun's Earth-facing surface, almost two months after it first emerged. The ...

The object’s aphelion the farthest point on the orbit from the Sun is more than 1,600 times that of the Earth’s orbit,” said ...

The Moon asked the Earth to become the Sun, but the Earth began to explain that it was impossible for a star like the Sun to be replaced by something, but this is what ...

The sun's corona—the outermost layer of its atmosphere, visible only during a total solar eclipse—has long intrigued ...

Using a newly developed adaptive optics system called Cona, scientists peered through Earth's turbulent air to reveal the sun ...

A team of scientists has produced the clearest images of the Sun’s corona ever captured, thanks to an innovative new system ...

A recent observation by the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute (IKI) at the Russian Academy of ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists have identified an object about 435 miles (700 km) wide inhabiting the frigid outer reaches of our solar system that might qualify as a dwarf planet, ...

Jaw-dropping new views of the Sun reveal incredible plasma ‘raindrops’. Scientists have unveiled the most detailed images ...

The sun is Earth's closest star, yet its beauty is too intense to appreciate with the naked eye. Here are some of the most stunning solar images that our satellites and telescopes have captured.

The hunt for habitable worlds has become a hot topic in astronomy. For decades, the search has been focused on planets in the ...