Every eleven years, the sun's magnetic field flips. Sunspots—dark, cooler regions on the sun's surface that mark intense ...

Helioseismic data traces the solar dynamo to the tachocline about 200,000 km down.

The Sun has just shown a peculiarity not seen for several years: its surface has become completely uniform again, devoid of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sun may too bright and too powerful for us to look at with the naked eye, even from nearly 92 million miles away on Earth, but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New images of the sun captured by the Solar Orbiter mission showcase the highest-resolution views of our star’s visible surface ...

A 40-year study shows the Sun’s internal structure subtly shifts between quiet cycles, offering clues to future solar activity.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft is on a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Sharpest-ever view of the Sun’s surface, using the NSF ...

A European spacecraft is showing us how dynamic the Sun is with newly released images, the highest-resolution images of our star's surface so far. The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter observes ...

Tezpur University researchers discover that sun's surface vibrations may significantly influence solar storm dynamics and energy transfer.

The sun may too bright and too powerful for us to look at with the naked eye, even from nearly 92 million miles away on Earth, but a solar orbiter recently got an unprecedented up-close glimpse of the ...