Composite image of views of the sun from April 16, 2012, to April 15, 2013. (courtesy NASA/SDO/AIA/S. Wiessinger) The sun is the gorgeous heart of our solar system, but don’t look right at it, because ...

This year marks 30 years of SOHO observing our sun, an extraordinary milestone for a mission originally expected to last only about three years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Coronado student Jeff Venable uses his specialized solar filter Mylar "Eclipse Shades" to view the sun after it finally made an appearance after being hidden behind clouds for most of the day. Gazette ...