The Sun & Solar Physics

Will the Sun ever burn out? Well, the Sun, just like the stars we see at night, is a star.…

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 11:38 a.m. ET on May 13, 2025. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the…

As instrument commissioning and calibration checks continue for NASA’s newly launched PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission,…

NASA’s TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) now is targeting no earlier than summer 2025 for launch in…

On March 18, NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) arrived at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama,…

Parker Solar Probe works under extreme conditions as it gathers data in the Sun’s corona, grazing closer to our star…

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 2:27 p.m. EST on Feb. 23, 2025. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which…

From Jan. 11 to 15, 2025, a bright comet surged through images from the ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA SOHO (Solar…

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 7:48 a.m. ET on Jan. 4, 2025. The National Oceanic and…