WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers for the first time have deciphered the three-dimensional structure of the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system, revealing three layers like a wedding cake ...

Imagining every drop of Earth’s water hurled into the Sun sounds like a last-ditch cosmic fire extinguisher, but the physics ...

AI-generated deepfake image of coronal rain with clearer resolution. Luke McMullan / NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory Solar scientists are using deepfake AI images to unravel the mysteries of the Sun’s ...

Mars continues to astonish scientists with a new set of images that reveal the Red Planet’s atmosphere in unprecedented ...

Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe after hydrogen. But scientists aren’t sure just how much there actually is in the Sun’s atmosphere, where it is hard to measure. Knowing the ...

Layers of Atmosphere: The Earth’s atmosphere is like an invisible blanket that surrounds our planet and makes life possible. It protects us from harmful solar radiation, keeps the temperature balanced ...

Observations of a sunspot taken on 04/10/2017 in H-alpha using the New Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory. A new £5 million, five-year project will tackle fundamental questions in solar ...

thermal characteristics (temperature changes), chemical composition, movement, and density. Each of the layers are bounded by "pauses" where the greatest changes in thermal characteristics, chemical ...