New research by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the National Science Foundation's National Center for Atmospheric ...

The Sun released a strong solar flare on Tuesday, Feb. 3, following several eruptions in the preceding days, prompting increased geomagnetic storm activity.

The most powerful solar telescope in the world has recorded a major milestone atop an active volcano in Hawaii, capturing a detailed image of a cluster of sunspots with the telescope's new Visible ...

This Feb. 4, 2026, image from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captures a strong solar flare erupting from the star.

On February 11, 2010, NASA launched a spacecraft to study the inner workings of the sun. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series ...

Watch NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory's M9.6-class flare. Credit: NASA/SDO/Helio Viewer | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Music: Lost in Space by Cobby Costa / courtesy of Epidemic Sound ...

The Sunspot Solar Observatory in Otero County, along with its visitor center, popular hiking trails and picnic area, remains closed more than 20 days after uncontained mercury was discovered on the ...

Scientists develop new optical system that removes blur over fine-structure in the Sun’s corona, revealing clearest images to date This time-lapse video of a prominence above the solar surface reveals ...

"Previously published in Solar Physics volume 275, issues 1-2, 2012"--T.p. Preface / R. R. Fisher -- The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) / W. Dean Pesnell, B. J. Thompson and P. C. Chamberlin -- The ...

SUNSPOT, N.M. – The Sunspot Solar Observatory in Otero County is currently closed to the public due to a hazardous discovery. In a social media post, the observatory reported that two New Mexico State ...