SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged Sun The future history of the Sun New data shows when the Sun will start to die. By Phil Plait | 1 month ago What kickstarted the birth of our solar system? Ancient meteorites give clues to what event caused the birth of our solar system. By Phil Plait | 1 month ago Just how massive can stars get? Maybe not *quite* as massive as we thought But still terrifyingly big. By Phil Plait | 1 month ago Over time, some stars get uncomfortably close to the Sun Several stars in the recent past have given us a cosmically close shave. By Phil Plait | 1 month ago We're getting a clearer view of the interior of the Sun A solar paradox has finally been resolved. Well, mostly. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago A comet got really close to the Sun and completely freaked out It literally blew chunks. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago Handheld ‘tricorder’ identifies cancers without biopsy Too much sunlight might give you cancer, millimeter-wave light can find it. By Cassidy Ward | 4 months ago Zombie sunspot reanimated out of nowhere and went into full attack mode The undead lurk in space, too. By Elizabeth Rayne | 5 months ago Mercury got the ultimate sunburn from solar plasma, and that's how we know it has a magnetic field As if there aren’t enough reasons to wear SPF already, you now have one more. By Elizabeth Rayne | 5 months ago Could a bizarre star explain why our Sun's birthmarks suddenly vanished back in the 17th century? It wasn't wearing concealer. By Elizabeth Rayne | 6 months ago Load More
The future history of the Sun New data shows when the Sun will start to die. By Phil Plait | 1 month ago
What kickstarted the birth of our solar system? Ancient meteorites give clues to what event caused the birth of our solar system. By Phil Plait | 1 month ago
Just how massive can stars get? Maybe not *quite* as massive as we thought But still terrifyingly big. By Phil Plait | 1 month ago
Over time, some stars get uncomfortably close to the Sun Several stars in the recent past have given us a cosmically close shave. By Phil Plait | 1 month ago
We're getting a clearer view of the interior of the Sun A solar paradox has finally been resolved. Well, mostly. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago
A comet got really close to the Sun and completely freaked out It literally blew chunks. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago
Handheld ‘tricorder’ identifies cancers without biopsy Too much sunlight might give you cancer, millimeter-wave light can find it. By Cassidy Ward | 4 months ago
Zombie sunspot reanimated out of nowhere and went into full attack mode The undead lurk in space, too. By Elizabeth Rayne | 5 months ago
Mercury got the ultimate sunburn from solar plasma, and that's how we know it has a magnetic field As if there aren’t enough reasons to wear SPF already, you now have one more. By Elizabeth Rayne | 5 months ago
Could a bizarre star explain why our Sun's birthmarks suddenly vanished back in the 17th century? It wasn't wearing concealer. By Elizabeth Rayne | 6 months ago
