Have you ever wondered what’s inside the Sun, the massive star that powers our solar system? In this video, we take a deep ...

Each layer of the sun’s atmosphere exhibits distinct ... we estimate that at least 11,000 swirls are present on the sun at all times," Sven Wedemeyer-Böhm, a solar scientist at the University ...

Nearly all the remaining matter consists of seven ... Designed to study the solar wind, as well as the sun's outer layers and interior structure, it has imaged the structure of sunspots below ...

Every morning, the sun rises, bringing light and life to Earth. But we rarely consider the source of its power. This daily ...

Of course, we needn't actually worry, as our burning star is still considered very young, so all is fine for us ... being swallowed up after the outer layers of the Sun become unstable and ...

In contrast, their simulations in deeper layers produced less realistic ... and solar flares, are all associated with the sun's magnetic field," says study author Keaton Burns, a research ...

Our sun shapes every day of life on Earth and has for billions of years — but just because we're massively dependent on the star doesn't mean we know all its ... visible layer of the sun ...

Temps have ranged from scorching sun to sleet, and everything in between. While I don’t sweat a lot naturally, I worked up a serious sweat wearing all of the base layers in this story.

“Nobody really knows how those things fit together or even what they all are, and you can’t ... the plasma that makes up the outer layers of the sun. It may give rise to sunspots and create ...

For all that scrutiny, however, one crucial question remained embarrassingly unsolved. At its surface, the sun is a toasty 6,000 degrees Celsius. But the outer layers of its atmosphere ...

Our Sun is far from a smooth, white ball in the sky. Twisting and looping magnetic field lines rise from its surface like hair, causing dark, transient patches on the surface called sunspots ...

The wrong radius can also lead scientists to different conclusions about how certain layers of the Sun operate, so it’s vital to have an accurate size figure when exploring the endless ...