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

"The new coronal adaptive optics system closes this decades-old gap and delivers images of coronal features at 63 kilometers resolution—the theoretical limit of the 1.6-meter Goode Solar Telescope," ...

The CDC estimates some 8 million people in Mexico, Central America, and South America have the disease -- and most are ...

Scientists develop new optical system that removes blur over fine-structure in the Sun's corona, revealing clearest images to ...

Described by Capture the Atlas as an "extraordinary milestone," the image One in a Billion, was captured by NASA astronaut ...

On May 29, 1919, a total solar eclipse helped to prove Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. Einstein's theory ...

The 2024 total solar eclipse provided some answers. Mexican free-tailed bats fly out of Frio Cave, Texas, on April 6, 2024. Photographer Babak Tafreshi used a fish-eye lens and soft flashes to ...

FLORIDA — On Monday, April 8, skywatchers got to witness a rare celestial delight and something that will not be seen again over North American skies for more than 20 years: A total solar eclipse.

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

But it's nothing like what hundreds of millions of Americans will have the chance to see next month during the first total ...

Aaron Watson captured slightly more than he bargained for when setting up a timelapse to capture airglow and the Milky Way.

The travel photography blog Capture the Atlas has released the eighth edition of its annual Milky Way Photographer of the ...