AP photographer Dmitri Lovetsky had been trying to photograph a plane flying across the disk of the sun for several days.

Astronomers have zoomed in on small loops of plasma within a powerful solar flare for the first time, potentially revealing ...

Astronomy isn’t just about distant stars; it’s also about the human effort here on Earth that makes it possible to extend our ...

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The smallest magnetic loops ever seen in the sun's corona — imaged for the first time by the National Science Foundation's ...

The Sun, an ever-burning ball of gas at the center of our solar system, has always fascinated people. But now, scientists are seeing it like never before. Thanks to the most powerful solar telescope ...

This cosmic drama offers a unique glimpse into the future fate of our own Solar system and highlights the power of Hubble's ultraviolet vision to probe stellar remains that would otherwise go ...

Called 3I/ATLAS, the object is only the third of its kind known to astronomers, and it’s likely been heading our way for ...

A telescope in Chile recently glimpsed 3I/ATLAS' glowing tail, which observations reveal has grown as the interstellar object ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured infant stars carving peaks of dust and gas in the Pismis 24 star cluster.

A new rectangular telescope design could finally spot Earth-like planets around nearby stars, bringing the search for alien ...