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NASA spacecraft attempts closest-ever approach to the sun

NASA's Parker Solar Probe was expected to make history on Tuesday by flying into the sun's outer atmosphere called the corona on a mission...

Explainer: What to know about October’s ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse

Millions of people in the Americas will be in a position to witness an astronomical treat on Oct. 14 with a solar eclipse in...

After the moon, India launches rocket to study the sun

Following the success of India's moon landing, the country's space agency launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its first solar...

WATCH: China turns on nuclear-powered ‘artificial sun’

China on Friday commissioned its first nuclear-powered 'artificial sun'. The China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said the HL-2M Tokamak 'artificial sun' uses a 'powerful magnetic...

NASA probe enters sun’s atmosphere for first time

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) solar probe is the first ever to 'touch' the atmosphere of the Sun. The space agency in its...

Solar probe embarks on unprecedented mission to map sun’s polar regions

A new probe built by NASA and the European Space Agency set off on a blazing hot journey to the sun on Sunday to take the first close-up look at the star’s polar regions

Telescope captures Sun in greatest detail ever

The Sun is a giant ball of plasma (electrified gas) that has been observed from Earth for centuries from telescopes, and via satellites for decades.

A new spacecraft is journeying to the Sun

A new spacecraft is journeying to the Sun to snap the first pictures of the Sun’s north and south poles

WATCH: Mercury travels across the face of Sun

This only happens about 13 times a century, so it’s a rare event that skywatchers won’t want to miss! Mercury’s last transit was in 2016

Light brighter than the sun to virtually decipher ancient scrolls

“Texts from the ancient world are rare and precious, and they simply cannot be revealed through any other known process.”

World marvels at total solar eclipse

"Oh my God, it's incredible!" shouted some, while others chanted "more, more, more!"

NASA spacecraft breaks record for coming closest to Sun

TAMPA, US: NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which launched earlier this year, has set a new record for becoming the closest human-made object to the...

NASA blasts off historic probe to ‘touch Sun’

NASA on Sunday blasted off a $1.5 billion spacecraft toward the Sun on a historic mission to protect the Earth by unveiling the mysteries...

NASA counts down to launch of first spacecraft to ‘touch Sun’

NASA counted down Friday to the launch of a $1.5 billion spacecraft that aims to plunge into the Sun's sizzling atmosphere and become humanity's...

NASA is ready to launch its first mission to the Sun and you are invited!

NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which is humanity's first mission to the Sun, has cleared the final procedures ahead of its launch on August 11. "NASA's...

Night owls risk dying younger, should sleep in: study

People who stay up late and have to drag themselves out of bed are likelier to die younger than those who rise and set with the Sun.

Dimming the Sun to cool Earth could ravage wildlife: study

PARIS: Geoengineering schemes designed to deflect some of the Sun's planet-warming rays would backfire if suddenly discontinued, wiping out species and entire ecosystems, a...

Study finds our Sun is like other stars, resolving mystery

WASHINGTON: Our Sun is much like other stars, and not an anomaly because of its magnetic poles that flip every 11 years, scientists say. The...

Pakistan witnesses first penumbral lunar eclipse of 2017

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan witnessed the first penumbral lunar eclipse of the year in the wee hours of Saturday.  The partial lunar eclipse started at 03.43 AM local time....

NASA’s Kepler discovers more than 104 new exoplanets

WASHINGTON: An international team of researchers announced Monday the discovery of 104 new planets outside our solar system, including four that could have Earth-like, rocky surfaces.
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