Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's no wonder astrophotographers like Johnston are turning their attention to our home star, because you never quite know what ...

(CNN) — A newly released image of the sun captured by the world’s largest solar telescope shows the surface of our nearest star in unprecedented detail, shedding light on its fiery complexity. The ...

It’s the super-hot, churning ball of plasma whose surface reaches temperatures of 5,500°C (10,000F). Now, scientists have released the most detailed photo of our sun yet – and it gives a close-up ...

Some astrophotographers know when they've landed a killer shot, and Mark Johnston, who also happens to be a NASA solar system ambassador, has managed to capture one such photograph of the Sun from his ...

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft — launched in February 2020 and taking the first-ever images of the sun at close range — has sent back one of the most detailed images of our star.

Scientists have produced the finest images of the Sun's corona to date. To make these high-resolution images and movies, the team developed a new 'coronal adaptive optics' system that removes blur ...

Astronomers have revealed new processes taking place in our sun’s atmosphere, thanks to exquisite new images of the star. Dirk Schmidt at the US National Solar Observatory and his colleagues used the ...

The Solar Orbiter, a joint mission of NASA and the European Space Agency, gets an unprecedented view of the sun's southern region in ultraviolet light. Credit: ESA / NASA / Solar Orbiter / EUI Team / ...