After more than three weeks without a powerful solar flare, the sun has suddenly ramped up its activity, firing off three ...

NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captures sunspot AR3341 blast a powerful X1.1 solar flare. Credit: Space.com | footage ...

An M3-class solar flare that lasted about 3 hours created a massive coronal mass ejection. The Solar Dynamics Observatory ...

SDO has roughly two 'eclipse seasons' per year, and is currently in its 31st since the mission launched. It begain on July 10 ...

Two NASA satellites rocketed into orbit from California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday, commencing a $170 million ...

The SNIFS sounding rocket launched on 18 July is an attempt to study the Sun's chromosphere, where the temperature, pressure ...

A smaller 60-foot-tall NASA spacecraft known as a sounding rocket launched from New Mexico to study the sun's mysterious ...

The newly released images from a December flyby are so detailed that scientists can see explosions and the flow of solar winds.

NASA will launch a sounding rocket Friday, July 18 from New Mexico near the Texas border. Here's what to know about the ...

Thousands of solar tornadoes swirl above the sun’s surface at any given moment. These remarkable photos give us a glimpse at these stunning cosmic phenomena.

NASA debunks viral myth of a global blackout during solar eclipse, explaining the science behind the phenomenon and setting ...

The planet is just a tad smaller than Jupiter and completes its orbit in just seven days. Scientists believe that because of ...