The sun is a yellow dwarf star in the center of the solar ... star or a black hole — an object so dense that in its near vicinity not even light can escape its gravitational influence.

Two starving children are orphaned by bandits in 1345 Mongol-ruled China in Shelley Parker-Chan's "She Who Became the Sun" (Tor, 416 pp., ★★★½ out of four). The brother, Zhu Chongba ...

Here's how Thomas Mallon, in his dazzling new historical novel, Up With the Sun, describes the young Kallman's looks when he made his stage debut in 1951: He had a fine, glossy New York kisser ...

We traveled up and down the country's two coasts to find unspoiled beaches that offer not only the best sun and sand but also ... majestic against the serene background. If you visit during ...

The latest X-class solar flare — the most powerful type the sun can produce — exploded from sunspot AR3842 at around 8 a.m. EDT on Thursday (Oct. 3). The flare had a magnitude of at least X9 ...

The reversal could actually have a beneficial effect on Earth. The sun is on the verge of a significant event: a magnetic field reversal. The sun undergoes such a reversal every 11 years ...