Nearly 4.5 million years ago, two enormous, blazing stars swung close to the solar system. They did not touch the sun, but they came close enough to leave a permanent mark on the thin mist of gas that ...

That star at the center of our Solar System, that superhot ball of plasma that gives us heat and energy, and amazing ...

In this picture, we capture the binary in the moment where the first white dwarf has just exploded, hurtling material towards its nearby companion which is on the cusp of explosion too. This event ...

There's apparently a myth going around that solar panels can explode after a certain period of time, but an energy expert from solar energy company Genesis Power Solutions has set the record straight.

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new simulations show. By Katherine Kornei If our species manages to hang on ...

How big it is: 865,000 miles (1.392 million kilometers) across How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) What type of star it is: A yellow dwarf star The sun is the star at the center of ...

A NASA mission to study the heliosphere—the sun's magnetic bubble that shields our solar system—and develop a better understanding of space weather was launched from the agency's Kennedy Space Center ...

People sometimes ask what would happen if the Sun suddenly exploded, often after seeing a dramatic film or picture online. It is an understandable question, especially for children, because the Sun ...