Fusion Energy – powering the Future
If we produce Fusion energy, that powers the Sun and all the stars in the Universe, would mean a cheap, inexhaustible, clean source of power. Watch the
One billion suns- brightest light ever created
Scientists create brightest light ever, at the brightness of a billion suns.
A Sundial showing Solstice
If the day and time are right, this peculiar sundial will tell you: SOLSTICE. Image credit Jean-Marc Mari
First-ever mission to ‘touch’ the Sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will be the first-ever mission to “touch” the sun.
The Mystery of Solar Flares explained
A new research that leads to better understanding of the Sun’s activity, shows that large and small scale solar eruptions might all be triggered by a single
Sun Halo and Plane Contrail
Several common features of the daytime sky are interacting in uncommon ways, in this picture captured in West Greece, by Alexandros Maragos.
World’s largest Artificial Sun
Scientists switch on world’s largest ‘artificial sun’ in German lab.
Using the Sun to create the ultimate Space Telescope
Scientists using the sun wants to create the ultimate Space Telescope, based on gravitational microlensing.
First Solar Images from NOAA’s GOES-16 Satellite
The first images from the Solar Ultraviolet Imager or SUVI instrument aboard NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite.
Black Sun
Detailed solar view captured in a very specific color of red light, then rendered in black and white, and then color inverted. Credit Jim Lafferty