NASA's Parker Solar Probe recorded an unprecedented plasma explosion in the Sun's corona, with a jet of particles blasting toward the star's surface. This rare event produced a sunward jet of plasma ...

Now, a team of researchers led by Professor Huang Xian from the School of Precision Instrument and Opto-electronics ...

Scientists are striving to discover new semiconductor materials that could boost the efficiency of solar cells and other ...

A material that emits less energy than it absorbs has the potential to save some of the sunlight wasted by solar collectors.

An astrophotographer has captured an extremely rare and "difficult" photo of a solar flare exploding from the sun at the exact moment the International Space Station passed directly in front of our ...

Since its debut in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has dazzled viewers with its infrared images of galaxies, nebulae, ...

It's popularly understood that no one can hear you scream in space, and yet, scientists have captured some pretty strange ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has directly observed a powerful magnetic explosion in the sun's corona that could help us predict geomagnetic storms on Earth.