Although I've spent decades as a deep-sky observer, I've always been fascinated by the Sun. Solar observing offers clear advantages: It's accessible anywhere, immune to light pollution, and doesn't ...

There’s a different way to take advantage of the nice weather this weekend: by going to the observatory. The Sunriver ...

Astrophotographer Mark Johnstron captured a mesmerizing cloud of hydrogen plasma dancing above the sun's limb in this ...

Mark Johnston, a dedicated astrophotographer, has recently captured a breathtaking view of the Sun that reveals the dynamic ...

(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 ...

This video will make you think twice before you look at the sun. Astronomer Mark Thompson took a pig's eyeball and held it up to the lens of an 18 millimeter telescope pointed directly at the sun. The ...

The finding, based on data from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii, marks the first direct evidence of tiny twisting magnetic motions of energy-packed plasma waves in the sun's outer ...

Though staring at the sun under normal conditions is not advisable, you can look at that mass of incandescent gas today at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science without worrying about blindness. “I’m ...

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