A rare total solar eclipse will cross Greenland, Iceland and Spain — Europe’s first mainland totality since 1999 — on Aug. 12 ...

For many centuries, the Sun has been one of the most recognisable but least understood phenomena in our sky. While it has ...

When a solar storm strikes Earth, it can disrupt technology that's vital for our daily lives. Solar storms occur when ...

The total solar eclipse of August 12, 2026, will sweep across parts of the northern hemisphere, briefly turning day into dusk ...

What if you could block the Sun at will, and film what it hides? ESA’s twin-spacecraft just did exactly that, and the footage is astonishing. Three eruptions, one time-lapse, and a glimpse into the ...

NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN footage of the Sun shows incredible towering eruptions exploding into the darkness of space. It was ...

The sun's inner corona, the hottest part of our star's atmosphere, appears faint yellow in a time-lapse made from images ...

ESA’s Proba-3 mission enables long-duration artificial solar eclipses in space, allowing continuous observation of the Sun’s ...

Totality will last for over six minutes.

ESA's Proba-3 mission, made up of twin spacecraft capable of aligning to create artificial eclipses, has captured "rare" ...

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon positions itself between Earth and the sun, casting a shadow over Earth. We explore the ...

Earth is about to see three total solar eclipses in just under two years, with each successive path of totality moving west ...