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January 30, 2020

Sun's 'boiling' surface revealed in historic high-res images captured by solar telescope

Newly-released images from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii show the Sun’s surface in remarkable, unprecedented detail.

January 13, 2020

'Ice halo' spotted around the Sun in incredible photo

A photographer in the Swiss Alps has captured a remarkable image of an "ice halo," the moment ice crystals froze in mid-air, creating a halo effect around the Sun.

January 8, 2020

Bright star Betelgeuse may have been a 'cannibal,' scientists say

The gigantic red star Betelgeuse may have a dark secret in its past, according to scientists.

January 2, 2020

Scientists want to move the Sun and our Solar System to save Earth from killer asteroids

A bonkers plot to move our Solar System using a giant device powered by the Sun has been cooked up by a top scientist.

December 17, 2019

NASA spots new magnetic explosion on the sun

NASA has observed a new type of magnetic explosion in the hot, upper reaches of the Sun's atmosphere.

December 13, 2019

Hubble captures amazing photos of Comet Borisov speeding past our sun

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured the comet 21/Borisov zooming through our solar system at a breakneck speed of 175,000 kilometers per hour.

December 12, 2019

Milky Way is as massive as 890 billion suns

The Milky Way has a mass that's 890 billion times the mass of our sun.

December 8, 2019

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission to 'touch the Sun' reveals star's secrets

In the early hours of Aug. 12, 2018, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV on its audacious journey to the Sun.

November 11, 2019

Mercury transit 2019: What to know

Mercury may be in retrograde, but an even rarer celestial occurrence is occurring today will when the first planet in the Solar System passes across the Sun, an event known as Mercury Transit.

August 21, 2019

Dark 'half-magnets' from the Sun could be streaming through us every day

An invisible substance permeates the universe, altering the paths of stars and galaxies.