Sun A comet got really close to the Sun and completely freaked out It literally blew chunks. By Phil Plait 6 days ago Handheld ‘tricorder’ identifies cancers without biopsy Too much sunlight might give you cancer, millimeter-wave light can find it. By Cassidy Ward 1 month ago Zombie sunspot reanimated out of nowhere and went into full attack mode The undead lurk in space, too. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 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 2 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 2 months ago Isn’t it ironic that Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, has ice on its poles? This planet knows how to chill. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 months ago Spicules make the Sun look like a shag carpet. We’re still figuring out why Faraday excitation and alligator mating calls, baby, yeah! By Phil Plait 3 months ago Summer is coming, and squid skin can tell you when you’ve been in the sun too long Sunscreen still required. By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago The Sun blasted plasma 2.2 million miles into space in its most enormous eruption ever Now that's fire. By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago DKIST, our biggest eye on the Sun, is ready to bring the science And here's a phenomenal sunspot image to prove it. By Phil Plait 3 months ago Load More
A comet got really close to the Sun and completely freaked out It literally blew chunks. By Phil Plait 6 days ago
Handheld ‘tricorder’ identifies cancers without biopsy Too much sunlight might give you cancer, millimeter-wave light can find it. By Cassidy Ward 1 month ago
Zombie sunspot reanimated out of nowhere and went into full attack mode The undead lurk in space, too. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 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 2 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 2 months ago
Isn’t it ironic that Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, has ice on its poles? This planet knows how to chill. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 months ago
Spicules make the Sun look like a shag carpet. We’re still figuring out why Faraday excitation and alligator mating calls, baby, yeah! By Phil Plait 3 months ago
Summer is coming, and squid skin can tell you when you’ve been in the sun too long Sunscreen still required. By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago
The Sun blasted plasma 2.2 million miles into space in its most enormous eruption ever Now that's fire. By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago
DKIST, our biggest eye on the Sun, is ready to bring the science And here's a phenomenal sunspot image to prove it. By Phil Plait 3 months ago
