The European Space Agency (ESA)'s Solar Orbiter mission has obtained a stunning high-res image of the sun's upper atmosphere.

Solar Orbiter pieced together 200 ultraviolet images to show our star’s million-degree atmosphere in all its glory.

NASA's newest space telescope, on a mission to study origins of universe, snapped incredible images of the cosmos 2 months ...

They pointed out that the object appeared to stop, hover for a moment, move closer to the Sun, and then disappear, which led ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a rare partial solar eclipse in April, unobservable from Earth, where the moon ...

New images from the Solar Orbiter spacecraft are giving scientists the clearest view yet of the sun’s volatile lower atmosphere and unlocking critical insights into the forces behind solar eruptions ...

Solar Orbiter is a space mission of international collaboration between ... The image produced combines 200 individual images ...

The solar system is structured in a roughly flat plane called the ecliptic, with most planets orbiting the sun in the same direction (counterclockwise, as viewed from above the sun's north pole).

What's peculiar is this lightweight, elusive isotope isn't usually seen in such high amounts ... hole — a region where the sun's magnetic field opens out into space. "Despite its tiny size ...

The WFIs' broad view allows astronomers to study the solar wind that extends far into space beyond the Sun. Meanwhile, the NFI homes in on the Sun's more immediate surroundings, blotting out the ...