They move through the Sun like slow, immense swells, far below anything telescopes can see. For years, those depths have remained out of reach. Light cannot escape them, and direct measurements are ...

The world’s most powerful solar telescope has captured the highest resolution observations of the sun’s visible surface — and uncovered a hidden process that drives solar activity. Scientists used the ...

The Sun may carry chemical and structural traces of a large rocky planet that disappeared early in the solar system’s history ...

Using the Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii, researchers obtained the highest spatial resolution observations of the Sun’s visible surface to date. Reading time 3 minutes You’ve never seen the Sun like ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Caption: The highest-resolution image of the Sun's surface ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has directly observed magnetic reconnection in the Sun’s atmosphere for the first time, confirming decades-old theories about solar explosions. This discovery bridges ...