Three Space Observatories Combine to Reveal the Sun’s Mystery
Three telescopes were pointed at the Sun to create this unique image that contains never-before-seen light.
Large Piece of the Sun Breaks Off into a Vortex, Confusing Scientists
A satellite captured the moment a chunk of the Sun's northern pole broke off into a vortex, as scientists struggle to understand what is happening.
NASA Captures the Sun Smiling, But it Could Spell Trouble for Earth
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has captured the Sun "smiling", thanks to the star's extremely active period.
Mindblowing High-Resolution Timelapse of the Sun Over a 20-Day Period
The Solar Orbiter mission recently flew close to the Sun to show Earth's nearest star over 20 days from September 20 to October 10.
Glass Plate Pinhole Camera Records Sun’s Path Over a Year
Astrophotographer Ian Griffin captured this unusual photo of a solar analemma that charts the Sun's path over a year using a pinhole camera with a 4x5 glass plate inside.
Huge 145MP Photo Shows Two of the Sun’s Atmospheres at Once
Talented astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has posted a wonderous 145-megapixel image of the sun he captured with a specially modified telescope.
Photographer Captures the ISS Crossing the Sun From His Backyard
Astrophotographer Jamie Cooper captured an incredible photograph of the International Space Station passing in front of the sun from his backyard garden.
Astrophotographer Captures Massive Explosion on the Sun’s Surface
Chuck Ayoub was trying out a new filter on his telescope camera when he captured a huge explosion on the surface of the Sun.
These are the Highest Resolution Images Ever Taken of the Sun’s Surface
The National Solar Observatory has just released the highest resolution images and video ever taken of the sun's surface. The images, captured with the National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, capture the sun in unprecedented detail, revealing features as small as 18 miles (30km) in size for the first time ever.
Humor: Comedian Joe Lycett on Selling an Imaginary Photo to a Paper
Tabloids will pay money for the strangest photos, as long as those stories grab attention and help them sell …
This 4K Time-Lapse of the Sun Features the Largest Sunspot in the Past 22 Years
James Tyrwhitt-Drake recently combined over 17,000 images captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory and Helioviewer.org to create a time-lapse showing the largest sun spot of the past two solar cycles -- that's roughly 22 years!
This Image Shows Every Color of Visible Light Emitted by the Sun
If you paid attention in high-school physics, you know that white light contains within it the rainbow of colors of the visible light spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet (and if you're Isaac Newton you throw Indigo in there for good measure).
NASA Rocket-Mounted Telescope Snaps Clearest Ever Photos of the Sun’s Corona
Many of the photos we get back from space come either via powerful telescopes in orbit or talented astronauts in the ISS. Another way to explore the cosmos in pictures, however, is to mount a high-powered telescope to a sub-orbital rocket, and fire away. During the trip, the telescope is allotted about 10 minutes to get the photos it's looking for. And lest you think 10 minutes isn't enough, a couple of weeks ago NASA used this exact method to capture the clearest ever images of the Sun's corona.