NASA's Parker Solar Probe has flown into the Sun's corona. Structures known as coronal streamers and the Milky Way can be ...

For decades, scientists have wondered how the Sun’s outer atmosphere — the corona — burns millions of degrees hotter than its ...

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 ...

Astronomers have achieved a major breakthrough in solar physics by successfully producing detailed maps of the Sun's coronal magnetic fields. This milestone promises to enhance our understanding of ...

What it is: The sun's outer atmosphere, as captured by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) on Solar Orbiter, a European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft developed in collaboration with NASA. Where it ...

Researchers have directly observed torsional Alfvén waves twisting through the Sun’s corona — magnetic waves first predicted ...

Scientists have observed torsional Alfvén waves twisting through the Sun’s corona using the Inouye Solar Telescope. Predicted ...

Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in solar physics by providing the first direct evidence of small-scale torsional ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – If there weren’t ...

For decades, scientists have struggled to see the outermost layer of the Sun, called the corona, with enough detail to unlock its secrets. This region, which blazes at millions of degrees and throws ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – If there weren’t already enough reasons to travel to an area along the path of totality during the solar eclipse, here’s another unique viewing opportunity. In areas that will ...