The circle at bottom-left gives an indication of size New pictures of the Sun taken just 77 million km (48 million miles) from its surface are the closest ever acquired by cameras. They come from ...

The sun is Earth's closest star, yet its beauty is too intense to appreciate with the naked eye. Here are some of the most ...

The Earth and Jupiter get closer and farther apart over time as a consequence of their orbits. Each planet travels around the ...

Since its launch, the program has hit many milestones, capturing both the closest-ever images of the sun and the first ...

On 24 December, the Parker Solar Probe will be the closest human-made object ever to a star, taking unprecedented ...

Parker Solar Probe is poised to make the closest approach to the sun attempted by a spacecraft in late December, while Solar Orbiter is tasked with taking the closest-ever images of the sun’s ...