The images show ultra-fine bright and dark stripes (called striations) in the thin, gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere ...

The sun is Earth's closest star, yet its beauty is too intense to appreciate with the naked eye. Here are some of the most stunning solar images that our satellites and telescopes have captured.

The NSF’s Inouye Solar Telescope has captured ultra-fine magnetic striations, or “magnetic curtains,” on the sun’s surface, ...

New images that are the highest resolution ever taken of the surface of the sun and its corona are revealing details that ...

City-sized droplets and twisting streams of plasma have been picked up by incredibly detailed images of the sun’s corona, ...

Jaw-dropping new views of the Sun reveal incredible plasma ‘raindrops’. Scientists have unveiled the most detailed images ...

A new 8K camera system at the Vacuum Tower Telescope in Tenerife captures images of the Sun's surface in stunning detail.

It’s sometimes easy to forget that the light in the sky is an actual star. With how reliable it is and how busy we tend to be ...

Since the corona is dimmer than the Sun's surface, it's challenging to observe. It's visible during total solar eclipses when ...