The sun has been exhibiting bursts and storms lately. This is unexpected as it's been docile for a while. The sun's auroras will be seen in the south.

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, ...

Scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi have discovered why it rains on the Sun. Solar rain, made of cooling plasma, forms rapidly during solar flares, a mystery now solved by modeling time-varying ...

Astronomers have produced the first continuous, two-dimensional maps of the outer edge of the sun's atmosphere, a shifting, frothy boundary that marks where solar winds escape the sun's magnetic grasp ...

Solar storms don't just trigger impressive auroras; they can scramble the GPS systems U.S. farmers rely on. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Parker Solar Probe reached "perihelion," the nearest point to the sun in its orbit, on Dec. 13, 2025. Credit: ASA / Johns Hopkins APL / Steve Gribben illustration A NASA spacecraft is making a close ...

On May 10, 2024, a John Deere dealer sent out a strange press release. “Please be advised that there is significant solar flare and space weather activity,” it read. The company, a maker of tractors ...

Solar expert Dr. Ryan French explains how to safely photograph the sun and all of its stellar features with the use of cameras, lenses, telescopes and filters. When you purchase through links on our ...

The color of the sun is actually white, though it may look yellow. If you were to get close enough to the sun, which you can't actually do, you'd be able to see its true color. The light rays from the ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS was expected to come within 130 million miles of the sun on Oct. 30. For the time being, 3I/ATLAS will remain on the opposite side of the sun from Earth, making it impossible to observe ...

Thanks to centuries of folklore, novels, movies, and TV shows, the tropes of vampires are carved deep into the popular imagination: The creatures drink blood, sleep in coffins, recoil from garlic and ...