Our Sun

This is the most zoomed-in, highest frame-rate observation of a Phobos solar eclipse ever taken from the surface of Mars.

On April 30, 2022, a partial solar eclipse will be visible in parts of South America, Antarctica, and the Pacific and Southern Oceans.

The Sun emitted a mid-level solar flare on March 31, 2022, peaking at 2:35 p.m. EST.

NASA has selected two science missions to help improve our understanding of the dynamics of the Sun and its connection to Earth.

The Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon, Ice Moon, the Moon after Yule, and the Old Moon.

Deploying a new space telescope; deflecting an asteroid with a spacecraft; and visiting a metal-rich asteroid. NASA has a busy 2022 calendar.

For the Northern Hemisphere, the winter (December) solstice happens around Dec. 21-22.

For the first time in history, a spacecraft has touched the Sun. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has now flown through the Sun’s upper atmosphere.

NASA's LCRD and a space weather payload to study the Sun’s radiation lifted off on Dec. 7, 2021.

This image shows how Earth looked during the total solar eclipse visible in Antarctica on Dec. 4, 2021.

The solar system is encased in a bubble called the heliosphere, which separates us from the vast galaxy beyond.

The Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon, the Fruit Moon, the Barley Moon, and the Corn Moon.

One of the CubeSats launching with Landsat 9 is the Cusp Plasma Imaging Detector, or CuPID.

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory's Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment, or EVE, uses sounding rockets for calibration.

Models and lab tests suggest the asteroid could be venting sodium vapor as it orbits close to the Sun, explaining its increase in brightness.

The images show Venus approaching from the left while the Sun is off-camera to the upper right.

New research led by NASA provides a closer look at a nearby star thought to resemble our Sun when it was much younger.

Artificial intelligence is being used to calibrate NASA’s images of the Sun, helping improve the data scientists use for research.

Scientists have discovered slowly oscillating swells in the Sun’s surface, with periods comparable to the Sun’s 27-day rotation.

For its efforts to untangle the long-standing mysteries of the Sun, the Parker Solar Probe team has earned a major award.

This composite image made from seven frames shows the space station in silhouette as it transits the Sun on June 25, 2021.

Scientists have used total solar eclipses for over a century to learn more about our universe, including deciphering the Sun’s structure.

A partial solar eclipse over the U.S. Capitol on June 10, 2021, as seen from Arlington, Virginia.

New research confirms how particles from space can be sent careening down into Earth’s atmosphere to create the aurora.

The Sun has revealed new clues that could help scientists solve the mystery of what causes its powerful and unpredictable eruptions.