TOLEDO, Ohio — A NASA spacecraft is scheduled to make the closest approach to the sun for any craft on record, a mission the government agency said is important to advancing scientific understanding ...

Which planet is the furthest from the sun? Some may think it’s Pluto, but it’s actually Neptune. Learn more about this ice ...

This year marks 30 years of SOHO observing our sun, an extraordinary milestone for a mission originally expected to last only ...

These images help to unravel the magnetic mechanisms driving the sun's behavior and shaping the space environment throughout ...

The Nuclear Furnace at the Sun's Heart The temperature in the Sun's core is about 27 million degrees Fahrenheit (15 million degrees Celsius), hot enough to make fusion reactions work perfectly. 5 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — As solar eclipse excitement grows, local astronomy clubs are getting their moment in the sun. Astronomy buffs are in demand to give talks, help newcomers operate their new telescopes ...

Ithacans can now enjoy a drink alongside space science education thanks to the efforts of five graduate students in Cornell’s astronomy department. The students are spearheading an “Astronomy on Tap” ...

The Sun seems unchanging, but solar flares, prominences, and sunspots often pop up and disappear. Safely observing the Sun can be both fun and rewarding. Observing, The Sun, Upcoming Events ...

One day in the fall of 2011, Neil Sheeley, a solar scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., did what he always does — look through the daily images of the Sun from NASA’s Solar ...