For decades, scientists have struggled to see the outermost layer of the Sun, called the corona, with enough detail to unlock ...

The images capture rare views of decaying sunspots. The world's largest solar telescope has captured fine features on the sun in remarkable detail, including rare glimpses of decaying sunspots ...

A stunning new set of images from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope shows the surface of the sun in incredible detail — including frankly disturbing images of sunspots seen up close.

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope’s new Visible Tunable Filter (VTF) instrument has achieved “first light,” capturing detailed images of sunspots at an unprecedented 10km resolution.

The National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye telescope debuted a close-up of the sun captured by its new, ultra-powerful imaging tool. Here’s what you can see.

CCOR-1, the world’s first operational, space-based coronagraph, began observing the sun’s corona, the faint outermost layer of the solar atmosphere, on Sept. 19.

NASA's newest solar observatory has taken its first photos of the lowest layers of the solar atmosphere, a mysterious and little-understood region of the sun. IE 11 is not supported.

Mind you, capturing images of the Sun can be difficult business. That’s because even looking at our solar system’s star through a camera lens can be extremely dangerous.

The National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye telescope debuted a close-up of the sun captured by its new, ultra-powerful imaging tool. Here’s what you can see.