Staring at the sun through unfiltered cameras will record only a glowing splotch. But anyone can view the sun in photographs–with the right kind of camera equipment. Alan Friedman, a greeting ...

NASA and SpaceX will send a new instrument to the Space Station next week to stare at the Sun. It will help us understand how the Sun impacts our climate.

categories:Science, Solar System | tags:News ... HMI into geosynchronous orbit 22,500 miles above Earth, it will, with total disregard for the usual parental advice, stare directly into the Sun.

We all wear sunscreen, sunglasses, caps, and hats to avoid the suns glare. But what happens to our eyes when we go out of our way to look directly at the dazzlingly bright sun.

In August last year, the Sun began to throw a tantrum. Clusters of dark spots appeared on its face, marking regions where magnetic fields were knotting and twisting its surface. By early September ...