The stripes, called striations, ripple across the walls of solar granules—convection cells in the Sun’s photosphere where hot ...

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

A team of scientists captured the sharpest-ever view of the sun's outer layer using a telescope in California. NBC News' Gadi ...

Yesterday, Reddit user Jeckee posted this short GIF of the Earth as it appears to rise over the moon's horizon: The animation, which comes from this Apollo 10 footage, was just a bit too shaky for ...

Just as the moon came into SDO's field of view on a path to cross the sun, Earth entered the picture, blocking SDO's view completely," writes Sarah Frazier, a NASA communications fellow ...

Scientists say that the powerful image indicates the telescope's advanced optics, which are expected to provide the best view of the sun from Earth during the next 11-year solar cycle.

That's why you won't find an accurate illustration of the Earth-sun-moon system in any textbook. Please don't put this in your textbook! First, it's wrong—and second, how would you put a GIF in ...

Sun view of Earth on the solstices (Credit: NOAA/NASA) The increased distance slows Earth's trip around the Sun about 1000 m/s (2237 mph) this time of year compared to perihelion in January.

working two at a time as Earth's spin carries each in view of our star, offer a constant look at the whole Earth-facing side of the sun. With these four projects, scientists hope to understand ...

There are a number of ways to explain this, though the definition is that it’s the moment the center of the Sun’s disk ... from the point of view of the satellite, the Earth sits motionless ...