SNIFS mission team. Image Credit: NASA. On July 18, NASA successfully launched a sounding rocket mission from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, carrying a remarkable new technology. Its ...

The sun's lower atmosphere, the chromosphere, is usually drowned out by light from below it. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The ...

The Sun’s extremely hot outer layer, the corona, has a very different chemical composition from the cooler inner layers, but the reason for this has puzzled scientists for decades. One explanation is ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It’s certainly been an exciting few months for telescopes. The ...

States like Florida, Texas and California are no strangers to routine rocket launches − but New Mexico? Spacecraft also sometimes get off the ground from the state. Space news coverage may be ...

Everyone who sees a total solar eclipse from within the path of totality gets fixated on the sun's majestic corona. It's the only time it can be seen with the naked eye and photographed. But another ...

NASA has chosen a proposed solar mission for further investigation as part of its Small Explorer program, continuing early design work rather than authorising a flight. The project, known as the ...

A Reddit user has captivated thousands of people with a crystal-clear image of the sun, produced using a specially-designed telescope. User ajamesmccarthy uploaded the image on Tuesday. Described as a ...

Prominences are masses of hot plasma that leap off the limb of the Sun, drawn upward along tangled magnetic field lines. The imager used a 6-inch scope and Hα etalon to capture this Feb. 1 example, ...

Small-scale magnetic structures of the ‘quiet sun’ at high resolution. Credit: DKIST Astronomers are one step closer to understanding one of the most enduring solar mysteries, having captured ...

For decades after its discovery, observers could only see the solar chromosphere for a few fleeting moments: during a total solar eclipse, when a bright red glow ringed the Moon’s silhouette. More ...