An international team of researchers tracked the active solar region using the Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint NASA and European Space Agency mission that orbits the Sun on an elliptical path to ...

While there is a little wiggle room, the planets in our solar system really are orbiting on mostly the same level. Why do ...

MAVEN was built to last in orbit until 2030 — that's not looking likely anymore.

Solar Orbiter’s widest high-res view of the Sun (Image Source: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team, E. Kraaikamp (ROB) “This is the longest continuous series of images ever created for a single active ...

By combining observations from two space missions, scientists were able to follow one exceptionally active region on the Sun ...

A patch of turmoil on the Sun can feel far away, until it reaches into your daily life. In 2024, one solar region became so ...

The region was monitored from its birth on the far side of the Sun on April 16, 2024, until its decay after July 18, 2024.

The first solar eclipse of the year will take place on Feb. 17, 2026.

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) in collaboration with ...

NASA’s Gateway is coming to life with a solar-powered spacecraft built to light it up—and move it around the Moon.

In May 2024, the strongest solar storm in twenty years raged. An international team led by ETH Zurich observed it. Their findings are now helping to improve space weather forecasts. Our sun rotates ...