The scene sounds like something straight out of an action thriller: a skydiver drops out of an aircraft, their dark silhouette plummeting across the surface of a giant, fiery star. The final product?

Southern Miss lost to South Alabama 42-35, its second consecutive loss. The loss did not eliminate the Golden Eagles from winning the Sun Belt West Division. Southern Miss will play Troy in a ...

The sun is Earth's closest star, yet its beauty is too intense to appreciate with the naked eye. Here are some of the most stunning solar images that our satellites and telescopes have captured. Clay ...

An Arizona-based astrophotographer has pulled off what may be an unprecedented feat in photography: capturing a skydiver in free fall perfectly aligned with the surface of the sun. Andrew McCarthy, ...

The image allows us to see our planet's brightness from space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When the U.S. National Oceanic and ...

We are a community whose very purpose is the pursuit of knowledge. We value free and open inquiry and expression — tenets that underlie academic freedom — even of ideas some may consider wrong or ...

To study the sun, scientists use a specialized telescope called a coronagraph. This instrument mimics a solar eclipse by using a occulting disk to block out the sun's bright light. By doing this, ...

Astronomers have just captured the highest resolution images of a solar flare ever recorded, offering unprecedented insights into how the sun works and potentially transforming space weather ...

Astronomers using the Inouye Solar Telescope have captured the sharpest-ever images of a solar flare, revealing coronal loops as thin as 21 km wide. These threadlike plasma structures, imaged during ...