The sun’s corona is a site of scientific intrigue for its erratic eruptions and massive, stringy loops of plasma called prominences. But we can only see this outermost part of the sun’s atmosphere ...

Using a newly developed adaptive optics system called Cona, scientists peered through Earth's turbulent air to reveal the sun ...

How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) ...

Scientists reveal the clearest images of the Sun’s corona using a new adaptive optics system, opening new paths for solar ...

Solar scientists have unveiled spectacular new images of plasma "rain" in the sun's corona using adaptive optics.

The Sun's corona, a faint, glowing halo of plasma, is notoriously difficult to observe due to its dimness compared to the ...

New images that are the highest resolution ever taken of the surface of the sun and its corona are revealing details that ...

A powerful new optics system has captured the clearest view yet of the Sun’s corona, revealing stunning plasma structures.

The corona, the Sun's outermost layer, stretches millions of kilometres into space and is mysteriously hotter than the underlying photosphere, a phenomenon known as the 'coronal heating problem.' ...