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Artist's concept showing the Parker Solar Probe approaching the solar corona

Solar System, Stars

The Parker Solar Probe just made its closest ever approach to the Sun

Hubble image of M53

‘Blue straggler’ likely born from a collision of stars

Milky Way, Stars

Binary star system finally discovered near Milky Way center

The Sun

Solar System, Stars

What’s in the National Academies’ Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics?

Sun-like stars experience superflares roughly once per century

The California Nebula

Robotic Spaceflight, Science

NASA releases new infrared images from retired NEOWISE mission

This distant star is about to die — and astronomers caught it in close-up

Alien Life, Cosmology

Dark energy sheds light on life in the cosmos

V404 Cygni triple system

Exotic Objects, Stars

This famous black hole system is actually a triple

The Sun is the center of the solar system and provides the energy that makes life on our planet Earth possible. This image, taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory across several wavelengths in the extreme ultraviolet part of the spectrum, shows a massive solar flare (lower right) accompanied by a large eruption of material.

Solar System, Stars

Bringing the Sun to light

R Aquarii system

Watch a zombie star feed on its companion

Astronomers find a mini black hole