For much of the past decade, Andrew McCarthy has been exploring the universe—albeit from his backyard in Arizona. Using telescopes with specialized filters, planetary cameras, and astro-specific ...

Observations of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS show increased water, carbon dioxide, and organic gas release after its passage near the Sun, based on data from NASA’s SPHEREx mission ...

Sun spots on your face can be reminders of a summer spent hiking, swimming or relaxing outdoors. But those marks are also signs of sun damage. And while there are ways to reduce the look of them, it's ...

Safe solar observation is achievable through specialized eclipse glasses and telescope filters, enabling direct viewing of the Sun's dynamic surface. White-light filters, categorized as glass or film, ...

The first-ever images of the sun’s south pole reveal a messy jumble of magnetic activity in a never-before-seen region of our nearest star. The images, taken by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft and ...

This cluster of sunspots has produced more than 60 solar flares, including several that could spark colorful auroras across parts of the northern U.S.

The sun may too bright and too powerful for us to look at with the naked eye, even from nearly 92 million miles away on Earth, but a solar orbiter recently got an unprecedented up-close glimpse of the ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Cassidy was an updates editor whose main responsibility is to write and edit ...