From Earth, we only ever see half of the sun. The other half—the far side—is always hidden from view. But what happens there still matters. Powerful activity forming on the far side can rotate toward ...

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is the first spacecraft to fly through the corona, the Sun’s upper atmosphere, and offers a unique perspective on solar processes. Using PSP data, SwRI-led research has ...

Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi have discovered new large-scale waves moving deep inside the Sun, driven by magnetic fields far below the surface. These waves provide a window into parts of the Sun that ...

At more than one million degrees, the sun's atmosphere—the corona—is incredibly hot; but not everywhere. Time and again, huge ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped the magnetic fields on the far side of the sun, a region invisible from Earth.

“In the Sun’s atmosphere, the magnetic field is the driving force. It also plays a decisive role in all processes that ...

The findings will help scientists refine theoretical models of magnetic reconnection to better understand how solar storms are powered.

For observers on Earth, the sun appears as a bright, familiar disk—but what we see is only half the story. Like the moon, one ...