Parker Solar Probe Enters the Magnetically Dominated Solar Corona

19. 08 2022

Stars

Solar-like oscillations observed in binary star 12 Boötis

Astronomers using data from TESS telescope observed behavior resembling our own Sun in stars of the binary system 12 Boötis.

19. 05 2022

Sun

NEW IMAGES: Details of the Sun's surface from SolO probe

The Solar Orbiter probe got close to the Sun during its March flyby and took some amazing pictures of its surface. The probe was closer than planet Mercury at that time. Solar Orbiter is a European mission with NASA contributions. It launched in 2020 and its aim is to study the Sun from polar orbit.

10. 12 2021

Stars

Nearby sun-like star EK Draconis released a record setting superflare

Astronomers detected unusually strong flare coming out of nearby star EK Draconis. Even though the star is in many ways similar to our Sun, the flare was much bigger than anything observed in the Solar system.

28. 08 2021

Sun

Small orbital observatory Sunstorm measured its first X-ray spectrum of the Sun