The powerful magnetic field belonging to the sun is generated far beneath the visible surface.

Part of the sun is broken and scientists are baffled ...

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter mission recently captured a dramatic solar prominence rising from the edge of the sun, a rare and captivating sight even for mission scientists accustomed to ...

New observations are helping scientists peer beneath the Sun’s surface, revealing where its magnetic activity may truly begin ...

With the launch of Artemis II planned in a few weeks, NASA is ready to monitor the sun during the mission in order to protect ...

Every eleven years, the sun's magnetic field flips. Sunspots—dark, cooler regions on the sun's surface that mark intense ...

Helioseismic data traces the solar dynamo to the tachocline about 200,000 km down.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 27th close approach to the Sun on March 11, again matching its record distance of 3.8 ...

(TNND) — NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have launched three new missions to enhance our understanding of solar wind and space weather. Three spacecraft were sent up ...

This year marks 30 years of SOHO observing our sun, an extraordinary milestone for a mission originally expected to last only about three years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

The last time the sun's face was perfectly spotless was on June 8, 2022, more than 1,355 days earlier. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flux ropes (simulated, right) are structures made up of magnetic field lines wrapping around each other like a rope, that look ...