It has less than one percent efficiency in converting solar radiation to electricity. 1883: Inventor John Ericsson develops a “sun motor” which uses parabolic trough construction (PTC ...

Large and complex sunspot groups characterize the surface of the dynamic sun during its activity cycle. A new camera system ...

The dark nebula is part of the Circinus West molecular cloud, which stretches for 180 light-years, containing a mass 250,000 times that of the sun.

A new device uses quantum optics to filter out starlight in real time — bringing scientists closer to directly observing ...

Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) has captured another stunningly close look at the surface of our sun. DKIST has collected incredibly detailed images of the sun from its perch on the Haleakalā ...

Stars whizzing by our solar system could cause more havoc than astronomers previously thought, from sending Pluto’s orbit haywire to forcing Mercury to fly into the sun – or even ...

The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter is studying the Sun like never before. Just two months ago, it used Venus to leave the plane of the Solar System ... resolution image of our star.

The discoveries are helping them better classify different TNOs and understand the complex chemical reactions in space that may relate to the formation of our solar system and the origin of life.

The mystery of how planets and icy objects formed in the farthest reaches of our solar system just took an exciting turn. A ...

A newly released image of the sun captured by the world’s largest solar telescope shows the surface of our nearest star in unprecedented detail, shedding light on its fiery complexity.

Thanks to the fast imaging, the disturbance of Earth’s atmosphere is taken care of and eliminated from the final processed ...

Its stunning imagery inspired people across the globe, and the data behind those images revealed surprises about everything from early galaxies to planets in our own solar system," Shawn Domagal ...