The UK government is investing £50 million in a geoengineering project to explore solar radiation management, aiming to ...

The sun might be responsible for light and life on Earth, but it can also be terrifying. The first image from the brand new Visible Tunable Filter (VTF) instrument at the Daniel K. Inouye Solar ...

There are risks with not finding these things out. If we only rely on modelling we can't find out if we are wrong.' ...

In a groundbreaking achievement for solar astronomy, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), the world’s largest solar ...

Tesla chief executive officer Elon Musk has confirmed China’s rare earth export ban is now stalling development of new ...

The "Blue Marble" was the first photo of the whole Earth and the only ever taken by a human. Fifty years on, new images of ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers have detected a new sub-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a bright G-type star. The newfound alien world, ...

Solar Orbiter just delivered its most jaw-dropping image yet—an enormous, detailed snapshot of the Sun's blazing outer ...

Prepare for a battle of wills! On April 23, the sun will square Pluto, bringing intensity and friction to themes surrounding ...

Solar flares and coronal mass ejections are not just more frequent, they’re growing stronger — prompting warnings about the ...

The aurora borealis has become more visible to more states in recent months, after activity on the sun’s surface peaked.