The Sun
A Quarter of Stars Like Our Sun Eat Their Planets, Study Finds
Stars show chemical traces of past "planetary ingestion" that can be used to search for Earth-like planets.
How the Sun Can Help Predict Crashes in Orbit and on Earth
As orbit gets more cluttered, it’s more important than ever to fine-tune predictions of collisions between space junk and uncontrolled reentries to Earth.
How the Fastest Spaceship Ever Is Getting Terrifyingly Close to the Sun
Adam Szabo and Betsy Congdon, two leads on the Parker Solar Probe, discuss the mission’s discoveries and its daredevil future.
Are We Prepared for the Next Major Space Storm?
Tatiana Podladchikova, a space weather expert, talks to VICE about the biggest space storms in history, and how to protect our civilization from the Sun’s bad moods.
What Is the Weird Black Cube on the Sun in This New NASA Image?
Tabloids and UFO enthusiasts have had a field day speculating about the strange photo, but the answer lies in the difficulty of sending data from space.
These Are the Closest Pictures of the Sun Ever Taken
"We’ve never been closer to the Sun with a camera," a European Space Agency scientist said.
The Sun Has Been Hibernating for Years. It Might Be Waking Up
Scientists have observed an M-class solar flare, the most powerful in three years. It could herald the beginning of the Sun's active, stormy phase.
Worst Take of the Week: Buy 'The Sun'!
With the paper allegedly struggling financially due to Covid-19, journalists urged the British public to "do our bit" by buying their "newspaper".
Scientists Are Rapidly Finding Weird Materials Older Than the Solar System on Earth
First, scientists found stardust crystals dating back seven billion years. Just weeks later, another team has reported finding more “presolar” compounds in an unexpected place.
These Are the Highest Resolution Images of the Sun Ever Taken
Each of the cell-like structures in this image represents an area about the size of Texas.
NASA Has Found a Weird, Unexplained Boundary in Interstellar Space
Voyager 2 passed through the borderland between the Sun and interstellar space and found something new and puzzling that Voyager 1 missed.
A Scientist Created ‘Gravity Crystals’ to Simulate Dead Stars on Earth
Physicist Alexander Bataller recreated exotic cosmic phenomena on Earth using household materials.