The most powerful solar telescope in the world has recorded a major milestone atop an active volcano in Hawaii, capturing a detailed image of a cluster of sunspots with the telescope's new Visible ...

Katelyn Eaman can appreciate the power of the sun better than most. The geology graduate student researches how Mars’ now-barren landscape was carved and transformed by ancient waterways. That water ...

The world's largest solar telescope has reached an important milestone. The data published now were obtained during the technical commissioning of the instrument. The world's largest solar telescope, ...

From 93 million miles away, the Sun just got a lot more personal. Astronomers have now seen some of its finest magnetic threads in sharper detail than ever before, and those tiny features could change ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. Astronomers in the U.S. and Europe are actively working on a ...