Our parent star, the Sun, has always captivated and mystified us. Now, a new achievement by the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope located on the Hawaiian island of Maui offers a glimpse into the fiery ...

In a study published this past Monday, August 25, 2025, in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, a team of solar scientists revealed that the Inouye Solar Telescope has captured the clearest-ever images ...

The NSF inouye solar telescope observes its first x-class solar flare and reveals the smallest coronal loops ever imaged MAUI, HI - AUGUST 25, 2025 — The highest-resolution images of a solar flare ...

The National Solar Observatory on Mt. Haleakala recorded this high-resolution image of a solar flare on the sun. According to the observatory, the image is about four Earth-diameters on each side.

Astronomers using the Inouye Solar Telescope have captured the sharpest-ever images of a solar flare, revealing coronal loops as thin as 21 km wide. These threadlike plasma structures, imaged during ...

A New Mexico State University (NMSU) astronomy Ph.D. student, who was leading a data cataloging project, findings link ...

The GREGOR telescope at the Teide Observatory in Tenerife got a front-row seat to November's solar show. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Scientists develop new optical system that removes blur over fine-structure in the Sun’s corona, revealing clearest images to date This time-lapse video of a prominence above the solar surface reveals ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Sharpest-ever view of the Sun’s surface, using the NSF ...

Beautiful yet dangerous solar flares that erupt from the sun could be as hot as 180 million degrees Fahrenheit, researchers say. That's more than six times hotter than solar physicists previously ...