Scientific American

When the Sun Becomes a Red Giant, Will Any Planet Be Safe?

It’s impossible to forget just how much the sun affects life on our planet. It’s overwhelmingly the source of our light and heat, providing just enough to maintain the delicate climatic balance we ...
CNN

Solar Orbiter captures the highest-resolution images of the sun’s surface yet

New images of the sun captured by the Solar Orbiter mission showcase the highest-resolution views of our star’s visible surface ever seen, revealing sunspots and continuously moving charged gas called ...
The New York Times

The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Heads for Its Close-Up With the Sun

The Parker Solar Probe is attempting the closest ever pass of the sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. An image from the Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR instrument of a coronal streamer of the sun, about 16.9 ...
Space.com

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is solving long-standing mysteries about the sun. Here's what we've learned so far.

On Nov. 6, NASA's Parker Solar Probe passed within 234 miles (376 kilometers) of Venus' surface. The purpose of this close flyby was to accomplish a gravity-assist maneuver, in which the probe would ...
Quad-City Times

Sun exposure does have benefits

They don't go nearly as far as the '60s surf rockers who sang "I Live for the Sun," "Fun in the Sun" and "Sun Tan Baby." Still, researchers are beginning to conclude that modest exposure to ...