Astronomy helps scientists understand how stars are born, live, and eventually die. One key question people often ask is what ...

The Sun has never looked quite like this. With a quartet of small satellites flying in formation, NASA’s PUNCH mission is stitching together a seamless, cinematic view of solar eruptions as they leave ...

NASA scientists are warning that the Sun’s internal engine is behaving in ways they have not seen in years, pointing to an abrupt shift in the star’s magnetic and energetic rhythms that drive space ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Sixty years after NASA set the goal, and three years after its Parker Solar Probe launched, the spacecraft has become the first to "touch the sun." The Parker Solar Probe has ...

Parker Solar Probe reached "perihelion," the nearest point to the sun in its orbit, on Dec. 13, 2025. Credit: ASA / Johns Hopkins APL / Steve Gribben illustration A NASA spacecraft is making a close ...