WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Astronomers for the first time have deciphered the three-dimensional structure ... is to the sun - so close that it completes an orbit in 1.3 days.

The cells are important to understanding the sun's weather and could scientists better understand where sunspots form. The research team now hopes to observe how magnetic fields respond to flows ...

A twist on the sun is throwing solar scientists for ... The debate boils down to whether ropes form before or during CMEs. Science News sponsorship position. The first hypothesis gained credence ...

The interior of the sun has layers like a very ... shoving hydrogen atoms together to form helium. The newly forged helium atoms have slightly less mass than the original hydrogen, and that ...

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

Scientists knew a bit about the structure ... in an email to Live Science, referring to the COR2 instrument aboard NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft, which orbits the sun between Earth and Venus.

Today's weather forecast on the sun calls for a high of 10,000 degrees ... Brandon is the space/physics editor at Live Science. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Reader's Digest ...