Did you know it rains on the Sun? Not water, of course. It's solar rain, which occurs in the Sun's corona, the outermost layer composed of intensely hot plasma. This phenomenon involves cooler, ...

Astrophotographer Mark Johnston has captured a mesmerizing view of the sun, this time showing a cloud of hydrogen plasma twisting and dancing above the solar surface, suspended by powerful magnetic ...

Geomagnetic storms may spark auroras in northern Michigan and Maine after a strange explosion on the surface of the sun. On July 21, a magnetic filament connected to sunspot AR3757 erupted, sending ...

Using data collected by NASA's Parker Solar Probe during its closest approach to the sun, a University of Arizona-led ...

In a groundbreaking effort to study the Sun up close, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has captured unprecedented data on the source ...

A plume of "dark plasma" is heading toward Earth after being burped out by the sun. This coronal mass ejection (CME) was flung out from a long magnetic filament on the sun's surface and is set to ...

An astrophotographer has captured a jaw-dropping 236,000 mile-high wall of Sun plasma. Argentinan Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau, 51, snapped the amazing spectacle on Wednesday (17 July). Eduardo, of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Shirsh Lata Soni, University of Michigan (THE CONVERSATION) The Sun periodically ...

NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN footage of the Sun shows incredible towering eruptions exploding into the darkness of space. It was captured by a daring mission that involves creating an “artificial eclipse” to ...

A NASA spacecraft watching the sun has caught a dazzling view of a solar eruption that launched a vast tendril of magnetic plasma into space. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the sun ...