The curious minds at What If reveal how nuking the Sun would lead to the obliteration of the entire solar system.

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

Solar storms have the potential to cause catastrophic damage. One that occurred around the end of October 2003 (now called ...

Solar scientists have unveiled spectacular new images of plasma "rain" in the sun's corona using adaptive optics.

Using a newly developed adaptive optics system called Cona, scientists peered through Earth's turbulent air to reveal the sun ...

A new member of the solar system has been detected, the second-largest of its kind, suggesting there may be more like it ...

A passing star has been discovered that could cause chaos in the Solar System, sending Earth flying out of orbit.

A solar flare is a burst of radiation on the sun, according to NASA. They are the most powerful explosions in the solar ...

The small world was found during a search for the hypothetical Planet Nine, and astronomers say the next time it will reach ...

People always want to know what will happen to Earth when the sun eventually swells up as a red giant. For one thing, the ...

Astronomers have captured the Sun's corona in astonishing detail, revealing mesmerizing features like coronal rain — all in ...

A powerful new optics system has captured the clearest view yet of the Sun’s corona, revealing stunning plasma structures.