An observatory in close solar orbit captured a snake seemingly slinking across the surface of the Sun in a new video. However, the “serpent” observed by the Solar Orbiter of the European Space Agency is not a real stellar squamate … Read More
Goodbye, little comet – we barely knew you. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA, observed a comet brightening as it approached the Sun – until the heat became too much … Read More
Sometimes all it takes is an unexpected smile to make your day better. That kind of happy surprise doesn’t come much bigger than this. NASA astronomers have spotted the Sun with a remarkable, joyful grin, in a sunny spectacle guaranteed to … Read More
Author: Miguel Claro On July 10, 2022, a gigantic solar prominence appeared in the sun’s chromosphere, throwing a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. Luckily, I happened to check the solar activity at the end of the day. Normally I … Read More
Here’s a question… how long does it take sunlight to reach Earth? This may appear to be an odd question, but consider it. The sun travels at the speed of light. Photons emitted from the Sun’s surface must traverse the … Read More
A new portrait taken with the world’s most powerful solar telescope has captured the face of our Sun in exquisite detail. The middle layer of the Sun’s atmosphere, known as the chromosphere, looks almost like a shag rug up close … Read More