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Punch NFI first light image

PUNCH sees first light, prepares to study how the Sun creates our space weather

The Sun

Before Einstein, what did astronomers think powered the Sun?

artist's concept of PUNCH constellation in space

Robotic Spaceflight, Science, Solar System, Stars

NASA’s PUNCH is set to study how the Sun influences the space around us

Artist's concept of the interior of a white dwarf

Solar System, Stars

After our Sun becomes a white dwarf and cools completely, what will be left?

2017 total solar eclipse

A total solar eclipse may have ended Egypt’s 4th dynasty

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

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

Artist's concept of the Proba-3 mission

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

Proba-3 launches, ready to eclipse the Sun

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

Pyramid of the Sun

Tales of the Sun: From myth to modern science

Artist's depiction of the four Cluster II satellites

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How the Cluster II mission studied the Sun’s effects on Earth