This new solar orbiter will peek at some of the sun’s most secretive spots By Charlie Wood / Jan 28, 2020
LightSail 2′s success could pave the way for more sun-powered spacecrafts By Charlie Wood / Jan 23, 2020
A hundred stars have disappeared—and researchers aren’t ruling out aliens By Charlie Wood / Dec 20, 2019
NASA’s solar probe reveals stunning results after swooping in close to the sun By Charlie Wood / Dec 5, 2019
Texas-sized plasma ‘cannonballs’ could help solve one of the sun’s biggest mysteries By Charlie Wood / Aug 5, 2019
Astronomers found a stream of thousands of stars hiding in the Milky Way By Neel V. Patel / Feb 25, 2019
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe just smashed two all-time records on its way to the sun By Charlie Wood / Oct 31, 2018
NASA’s sun-kissing spacecraft will go 250 times faster than a bullet when it hits its stride By Mary Beth Griggs / Aug 13, 2018
Ancient space crystals may prove the sun threw heated tantrums as a tot By Neel V. Patel / Aug 1, 2018
Now’s your chance to send your name hurtling into the Sun’s atmosphere By Mary Beth Griggs / Mar 9, 2018
We’re three million miles closer to the sun in January than we are in July. So why isn’t it hot? By Sara Chodosh / Jan 4, 2018
Total eclipses aren’t that rare—and you’ve probably missed a bunch of them By Sara Chodosh / Aug 19, 2017
Can’t find safe eclipse glasses? Make your own eclipse projector instead. By Sophie Bushwick / Aug 18, 2017
A Magnetic Explosion In Space, Seen Up Close For The First Time By Lindsey Kratochwill / May 13, 2016
This Is The Best Model Of The Sun’s Magnetic Field, And It’s Hypnotizing By Sarah Fecht / Mar 24, 2016
Under The Right Conditions Our Sun Could Produce An Enormous Superflare By Mary Beth Griggs / Dec 3, 2015
The Sun Briefly Built An ‘Eiffel Tower’ Larger Than Our Whole Planet By Mary Beth Griggs / Aug 19, 2015
Aurora May Be Visible As Far South As Tennessee And New Mexico Tonight By Mary Beth Griggs / Mar 18, 2015
The Sun Is the Most Perfect Naturally-Occurring Sphere in the Universe By Colin Lecher / Aug 17, 2012