The sun’s corona is a site of scientific intrigue for its erratic eruptions and massive, stringy loops of plasma called prominences. But we can only see this outermost part of the sun’s atmosphere ...

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

Scientists reveal the clearest images of the Sun’s corona using a new adaptive optics system, opening new paths for solar ...

The corona undergoes constant restructuring as coronal rain falls toward the surface. Credit: Schmidt et ...

The Sun's corona, a faint, glowing halo of plasma, is notoriously difficult to observe due to its dimness compared to the ...

New images that are the highest resolution ever taken of the surface of the sun and its corona are revealing details that ...

Ultr-detailed images reveal fine plasma structures in the sun’s corona Scientists observe a high-speed plasma ‘plasmoid’ ...

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

Since the corona is dimmer than the Sun's surface, it's challenging to observe. It's visible during total solar eclipses when ...

The stripes, called striations, ripple across the walls of solar granules—convection cells in the Sun’s photosphere where hot ...

New research led by a Southwest Research Institute scientist identified a new source of energetic particles near the sun.