Last February, NASA launched the Solar Dynamics Ob...  ...say will become as important to the study of the Sun as Hubble was to distant stars. 1.5 terrabytes pe...  ...erupted on March 30: (Link [Flickr]) The sun ’s internal dynamics were the subject of intense...  ...derstand the complex internal dyna...

A NASA spacecraft called the Solar and Heliosp...  ...e of a previously unknown comet crashing into our sun : This is the third comet to swing by the sun this year. Known as sun -grazing comets, the icy objects most likely come...  ...likely that any survive their encount...

Image: Alan Friedman of Averted ImaginationAlan Fr...  ...tronomer by night, took this amazing photo of the Sun . APOD explains why it's blue:Our Sun may look like all soft and fluffy, but it's not....  ...look like all soft and fluffy, but it's not. Our Sun is an extremely larg...

Astrophotographer Thierry Legault took what is pro...  ...bly one of the most incredible photographs of the Sun . What's the big deal about the big yellow ball? L...  ...and say, "So what? It’s a picture of the quiet Sun seen in overcast conditions. Big deal!" Ah, bu...  ...left quadrant of our nearest star...

(YouTube link) Summer in the Arctic Circle mean...  ...in the Arctic Circle means 24-hour daylight. The sun doesn't set; it just bounces along the horizon! T...

[YouTube - Link] A fascinating video clip dep...  ...* Interesting note for those who don't know: our Sun (Latin name Sol) is a Class G type star.

Armando Lee of the Astronomical League of the Phil...  ...this fantastic photo of a partial eclipse of the Sun over Manila Bay, which was showcased on APOD. I c...

Photo: Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryScien...  ...are creating the conditions that exist inside the sun ," said Ed Moses, director of the facility. &...