Moving from the outer layer inward, the first layer is the corona — the outermost part of the sun’s atmosphere that is ...

Our sun is classified as a G2 medium-sized star. We believe it’s about four billion, 600 million years old, halfway through its lifetime. It burns four million tons of hydrogen every ...

The European Space Agency-led spacecraft Solar Orbiter, which carries instruments designed and built at UCL, has captured the ...

Six planets will be visible in the night sky this June: Mercury, Venus ... From the second week on, the sun's glare will render viewing impossible according to NASA. Jupiter will be visible ...