SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged Sun Mile-wide asteroid found hiding in the Sun's glare We didn't see you there. By Cassidy Ward | 2 months ago The future history of the Sun New data shows when the Sun will start to die. By Phil Plait | 5 months 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 | 5 months ago Just how massive can stars get? Maybe not *quite* as massive as we thought But still terrifyingly big. By Phil Plait | 5 months 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 | 5 months 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 | 7 months ago A comet got really close to the Sun and completely freaked out It literally blew chunks. By Phil Plait | 7 months ago Handheld ‘tricorder’ identifies cancers without biopsy Too much sunlight might give you cancer, millimeter-wave light can find it. By Cassidy Ward | 8 months ago Zombie sunspot reanimated out of nowhere and went into full attack mode The undead lurk in space, too. By Elizabeth Rayne | 9 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 | 9 months ago Load More
Mile-wide asteroid found hiding in the Sun's glare We didn't see you there. By Cassidy Ward | 2 months ago
The future history of the Sun New data shows when the Sun will start to die. By Phil Plait | 5 months 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 | 5 months ago
Just how massive can stars get? Maybe not *quite* as massive as we thought But still terrifyingly big. By Phil Plait | 5 months 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 | 5 months 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 | 7 months ago
A comet got really close to the Sun and completely freaked out It literally blew chunks. By Phil Plait | 7 months ago
Handheld ‘tricorder’ identifies cancers without biopsy Too much sunlight might give you cancer, millimeter-wave light can find it. By Cassidy Ward | 8 months ago
Zombie sunspot reanimated out of nowhere and went into full attack mode The undead lurk in space, too. By Elizabeth Rayne | 9 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 | 9 months ago
