Solar prominences, explains NASA, are large, bright loops of plasma anchored to the Sun's surface in the photosphere — the visible surface of the Sun — that extend into the Sun's outer atmosphere.

For decades, scientists have struggled to see the outermost layer of the Sun, called the corona, with enough detail to unlock ...

A NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory photo shows a solar prominence erupting from the surface of the sun in March, 2010. These prominences can be tens of times larger than Earth.

The April 8 total solar eclipse, showing a pronounced prominence at bottom. To observers on the ground, the prominences appeared as red dots along the perimeter of the eclipse. Image: paramsach ...

City-sized droplets and twisting streams of plasma have been picked up by incredibly detailed images of the sun’s corona, showing our star as we’ve never seen it before ...

Solar prominences, explains NASA, are large, bright loops of plasma anchored to the Sun's surface in the photosphere — the visible surface of the Sun — that extend into the Sun's outer atmosphere.

Andrew McCarthy, an Arizona-based photographer, has captured a breathtaking image of the International Space Station (ISS) ...

The impressive footage was captured by Mark Johnston from his backyard in Scottsdale, Arizona. Credit: Mark Johnston Music: A ...

During the total solar eclipse, skywatchers saw ruby-colored prominences sticking out of the moon's shadow. Here's the science of those red dots ...

Solar prominences flow along a magnetic field the sun generates and can last for several months. The prominences can extend into space as far out as 200,000 miles, nearly the distance between the ...

On Feb. 22, 2022, a gigantic solar prominence formed on the surface of the sun, blasting a large coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. Miguel Claro is a professional photographer, author and ...

A large solar prominence was captured by an astrophotographer that showed the sun spewing a giant cloud of plasma into space, according to a report published Monday. The video, captured by ...