Android phones have a cool function called Photo Sphere — unfortunately, unless you’re very steady and can manipulate the phone around its camera’s axis… the results aren’t that amazing.

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There were only a few small sunspots marring the otherwise clear photosphere, as shown below. This image of the Sun's ...

And the next layer is just as perilous: the photosphere. This is the surface of the sun we see every day. Down here, you'll start to feel pretty lousy, because the sun's gravity is so strong ...

Today, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will complete its seventh swing past Venus — the spacecraft's final maneuver around the ...

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More commonly, this star goes by the name Fomalhaut, and it has been a valuable target for observation with telescopes like ...

For thousands of years, humans have worshipped the Sun. Our ancestors built monuments and temples to it, and used it to mark ...

The orbiter carries seven scientific instruments which will observe and study the solar corona (the outermost layer); the photosphere (the Sun's surface or the part we see from the Earth ...

This corona is about a million times fainter than the sun’s photosphere, the bright yellowy surface that usually completely overwhelms it. The only time the corona is visible to the naked eye is ...

Calling all daredevils. You’re traveling through our Solar System when suddenly, you have the opportunity to reach out and touch our biggest and brightest celestial body. Touching our Sun would ...