World’s Most Powerful Solar Telescope Captures Hellish Photos of the Sun

Earth's most powerful solar telescope has captured new images of the Sun, zooming in on sunspots and showing them in nightmarish detail. [Read More]

Large Piece of the Sun Breaks Off into a Vortex, Confusing Scientists

A satellite captured the moment a chunk of the Sun's northern pole broke off into a vortex, as scientists struggle to understand what is happening. [Read More]

NASA Captures the Sun Smiling, But it Could Spell Trouble for Earth

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has captured the Sun "smiling", thanks to the star's extremely active period.

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Mindblowing High-Resolution Timelapse of the Sun Over a 20-Day Period

The Solar Orbiter mission recently flew close to the Sun to show Earth's nearest star over 20 days from September 20 to October 10. [Read More]

Glass Plate Pinhole Camera Records Sun’s Path Over a Year

Astrophotographer Ian Griffin captured this unusual photo of a solar analemma that charts the Sun's path over a year using a pinhole camera with a 4x5 glass plate inside. [Read More]

Huge 145MP Photo Shows Two of the Sun’s Atmospheres at Once

Talented astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has posted a wonderous 145-megapixel image of the sun he captured with a specially modified telescope. [Read More]