SDO has roughly two 'eclipse seasons' per year, and is currently in its 31st since the mission launched. It begain on July 10 ...

Photos of the sun's corona can help scientists study the solar wind — the more than 300,000 tons (272,000 metric tons) of material the sun blasts into space every second at a million mph (1.6 ...

From Earth, the cosmic lineup of the moon, Earth and sun caused the moon to appear with a striking red glow. But from the lunar surface, the effect would have been reminiscent of the total solar ...

In the March images, the orbiter viewed the sun from an angle of 17 degrees below the solar equator. Over the coming years, the spacecraft will tilt even farther. In December 2026, the orbit will ...

This one also features Earth (the relatively large, bright object higher in the lunar sky) and Venus (the dot between Earth and the sun). (Image credit: Firefly Aerospace) RELATED STORIES: ...

Mars' Deimos moon, captured by NASA's Perseverance rover. NASA Once in a while, you might look up and marvel at magnificent views of our moon, its surface dramatically lit by our sun’s light.

On Saturday (March 29), the moon will take a big "bite" out of the sun during a partial solar eclipse visible across North America, Europe and parts of Northwest Africa.

An image of stray sunlight and the moon taken on April 27 by the PUNCH mission's Narrow Field Imager during commissioning. The sun is mostly blocked out by the instrument's occulter, which creates ...