New images of the sun captured by the Solar Orbiter mission showcase the highest-resolution views of our star’s visible surface ever seen, revealing sunspots and continuously moving charged gas called ...

The sun may too bright and too powerful for us to look at with the naked eye, even from nearly 92 million miles away on Earth, but a solar orbiter recently got an unprecedented up-close glimpse of the ...

European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter was launched in 2020 It studies solar activity cycle, magnetic field, solar wind The European Space Agency on Wednesday released images taken in March using ...

The European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter mission has traced floods of energetic electrons hurled out by the Sun back to two distinct sources, marking a major advance in space weather research. The ...

For decades, scientists have dreamed of capturing the Moon in a photograph, often turning their telescopes to the sky with curiosity and wonder. That dream finally came true on August 23, 1966, when ...