Sunspots are the most striking phenomenon of the solar magnetic field. After the invention of the telescope early in the 17th ...

New research utilizing data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe has provided the first direct evidence of a phenomenon known as ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has flown into the Sun's corona. Structures known as coronal streamers and the Milky Way can be ...

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The Parker Solar Probe has completed another daring solar flyby. NASA announced on Monday that the latest encounter occurred on June 19 and the spacecraft equalled its record distance of 6.2 million ...

European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter takes first images of the Sun's south pole. There are many active solar probes and spacecraft today including NASA's Parker Solar Probe, orbiting closer than ...

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has uncovered a scorching “wall of fire” at the edge of our solar system. This thin shell of superheated plasma, detected near the heliopause, reaches ...

UPDATE 2: The Parker Solar Probe launched as planned at 3:31 a.m. ET on Sunday morning, and NASA celebrated the start of the probe's voyage with video and photos of the successful launch.

A powerful solar outburst on May 31 caused a rare severe geomagnetic storm warning. Scientists used real-time space-based tools to track the CME, underscoring the risks it poses to satellites and ...

In late-December 2024, NASA's Parker Solar Probe got closer to the sun than any spacecraft before it. Earlier that same month, the European Space Agency sent a pair of satellites toward the sun to ...

The robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft has obtained the first images ever taken of our sun's two poles as scientists seek a deeper understanding of Earth's host star, including its magnetic ...

Visuals from the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter reveal chaotic solar magnetism in the solar polar region. Even better images are expected in the years ahead. By Jonathan O’Callaghan ...