Solar eclipses are some of nature's most dramatic celestial performances. Here's a look at the science behind the eclipse, and how to watch the next one on...
9 months ago

April 8 th 2024 the Moon will totally eclipse the sun and cast a complete umbra (shadow) progressing southwest to northeast across the US.
9 months ago

Measuring the Sun is tricky business, as direct observations rely on solar eclipses to get an accurate measurement of the Sun's light-emitting photosphere.
13 months ago

Facts about our Sun, including its distance from Earth, what the Sun is made of, and how long it would take to drive there (hint: a long time!).
13 months ago

Scientists have been struggling to explain why temperatures in the sun's outer atmosphere, the corona, reach mind-boggling temperatures of over 1.8 million...
16 months ago

The average distance between the Earth and Sun measured using trigonometry is 93 million miles, not 3000 miles as claimed in a viral post online.
18 months ago

NASA releases an animation video showing then of the known black holes in our Universe and how large they are compared to our solar system.
18 months ago

You could fit nearly one million Earth-sized planets and the sun isn't even that big of a star.
19 months ago

TYLER, Texas — US National Weather Service in Shreveport sent out a public service announcement stating not to be alarmed by the bright glowing object in...
22 months ago

The Sun is the biggest star as far as we can see. However, we cannot see far enough away into the Universe. In fact, there are bigger starts in the universe...
30 months ago