Solar Orbiter Just Solved a Major Mystery About the Sun
Solar Orbiter has revealed that tiny, hair-like jets in the Sun’s coronal holes are responsible for both fast and slow solar ...
Massive 500,000-mile ‘hole’ in the Sun appears and these are the consequences on Earth
The Sun's surface is a highly active region in the Solar System, with fissures opening up regularly that affect us on Earth.
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Highest-Resolution Images Of The Sun's Surface Ever Revealed – And They're Breathtaking
The spacecraft's Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) is responsible for studying the surface of the Sun, also known as the photosphere. It does that by snapping images as well as measuring ...
Scientists spot tiny sun jets driving fast and slow solar wind
In 2023, the European Space Agency reported on Solar Orbiter's discovery of tiny jets near the sun's south pole that could be ...
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The sun's magnetic field will flip soon. Here's what to expect.
As sunspots emerge on the sun's surface close to its equator, their orientations will match the old magnetic field, while sunspots forming closer to the poles will have a magnetic field matching the ...
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Invisible 'flickering' on the sun could predict potentially dangerous solar flares hours in advance
Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ...
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In Photos: See The New Highest Resolution Images Of The Sun Ever Taken
At 8,000 pixels, they're the highest-resolution full views of the sun's visible surface to date and reveal spectacular detail. “If you want to understand the Sun in its entirety, it is essential ...
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Which planet is closest to the sun?
Mercury takes only 88 Earth days to orbit the sun.
Remember the 'mini-moon' last year? Study finds it was likely just a chunk of the actual moon
A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...