We've always been warned never to look directly at the sun, but on July 11 a team of scientists from NASA did exactly that. They were using a specialized telescope called the High Resolution Coronal ...

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Many observatories have captured the Helix Nebula, but none in such detail as the Webb.

It’s sometimes easy to forget that the light in the sky is an actual star. With how reliable it is and how busy we tend to be as humans, we can take that incredible fact and stow it away and largely ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Sharpest-ever view of the Sun’s surface, using the NSF ...

For decades, scientists have struggled to see the outermost layer of the Sun, called the corona, with enough detail to unlock its secrets. This region, which blazes at millions of degrees and throws ...

Astronomy helps scientists understand how stars are born, live, and eventually die. One key question people often ask is what ...