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The Parker Solar Probe made its closest pass late last year, and NASA just released the new photos on Thursday.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe passed the sun last year, snapping images that NASA released July 10. The images were taken 3.8 million miles from the solar surface, which is the closest any probe has ever ...
The world's most powerful telescopes, including the James Webb Space Telescope and FAST, are revolutionizing our understanding of the universe. These advanced instruments, located on Earth and in ...
Earth has rarely looked as remarkable as it does in this stunning shot (above) captured by NASA astronaut Don Pettit from the International Space Station (ISS).
NASA's Parker Solar Probe made history with the closest-ever approach to the sun last December, and we're finally getting a look at some of the images it captured. The space agency released a ...
8 night sky events to see in July, from a ‘buck moon‘ to a rare view of Pluto Get your binoculars ready for dark skies, elusive planets, and a sky show spanning the entire month.
The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter captured the first-ever images of the sun's south pole in March, which were released this week.
As the Moon passes over the Sun in the sky this weekend, the celestial bodies will align so that some of our home star's solar rays will be blocked. When Earth sits in the Moon's shadow, this is ...
A SpaceX launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Southern California could be seen from across the state, which prompted concern from some who were unaware of the project.
Crepuscular rays are doing the same thing. They’re parallel, but near the point in the sky where the sun sets, they’re far away from you, so they appear close together.
Here on Earth, we can even feel the heat from the sun, and it can burn us even though it is 92 million miles away. Many people even refer to our nearest star as a "giant fireball in the sky"!
A powerful geomagnetic storm illuminated auroras that lit the skies over Earth on Thursday (Oct. 9) after X 2 solar flare that erupted from the sunspot AR 3848 on Tuesday (Oct. 8) evening.