After four decades of searching, solar scientists have at long last found evidence of a type of seismic wave in our Sun. Thanks to ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric ...

For several years, solar scientists have been able to detect a certain kind of seismic wave — called pressure waves or p-waves — traveling across the surface of the sun. However, they also knew ...

The Earth and the entire Solar System depend on the Sun for warmth and gravity as it floats around in space, with the bright yellow ball of light being the center of the many planets surrounding it, ...

The article details safe solar observation techniques, emphasizing the necessity of specialized filters (white-light and Hydrogen-alpha) to protect eyesight when viewing the Sun. White-light filters ...

The most powerful solar flare unleashed from the sun in nearly five years was triggered by interactions between dark regions on the solar surface that rotate and twist the sun's magnetic field, a new ...

While on a Fulbright fellowship in Uganda, Colgate University professor Beth Parks noticed a serious flaw in the solar panels that communities across sub-Saharan Africa rely on for electricity. The ...