An exploration of the Sun’s physical appearance and its position in the solar system. It is explained that the Sun is a star, and without it life on Earth would not be possible. NOTE ...

A NASA spacecraft is about to make the closest approach to the sun. The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 to get a ...

The sun is huge—roughly 100 times wider than Earth, and it’s especially active lately—so much so that its eruptions can ...

What does the Sun sound like? While sound doesn’t travel in the vacuum of space, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured data that ...

By historical definition, Solar Cycle 1 occurred between 1755 and 1766, placing the sun 's current cycle in Solar Cycle 25. As of the end of 2024, we are firmly within the solar maximum period.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The Solar Orbiter spacecraft has sent back the first video of the sun ...

This second image is what the surface, or photosphere, of the sun looks like when viewed by the Solar Orbiter in visible light, the same light we can see with our eyes. This layer of the sun has a ...

They could also consider how the Sun gives us day and night and different seasons. Students could also look at their playground solar system and consider how the Sun affects other planets which ...

isn’t the sun doing something that’s at least sound-like? “The sun has oscillations and vibrations,” offered Impey, “so in a sense, it does have some of the elements of sound within it.” But even so, ...