The sun's outer atmosphere has recently been likened to a pufferfish, revealing fascinating new insights into our solar system. This unique comparison stems from the first verified maps of the Alfvén ...

The sun’s outer atmosphere resembles a pufferfish.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NSF/NSO/AURA The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, ...

NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope captures sharpest-ever view of the solar surface to reveal our finest look at narrow magnetic stripe-like features known as striations Maui, Hawai‘i; June 3, 2025 ...

"We show that isolated perturbations near the sun's surface, far from the deeper layers, can grow over time to potentially produce the magnetic structures we see." When you purchase through links on ...

Our Sun is far from a smooth, white ball in the sky. Twisting and looping magnetic field lines rise from its surface like hair, causing dark, transient patches on the surface called sunspots wherever ...

Scientists have combined NASA data and cutting-edge image processing to gain new insight into the solar structures that create the Sun’s flow of high-speed solar wind, detailed in new research ...

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 ...

Solar power is already one of the fastest growing sources of electricity on the planet, yet scientists say it is still only ...