The color of the sun is actually white, though it may look yellow. If you were to get close enough to the sun, which you can't actually do, you'd be able to see its true color. The light rays from the ...

We have always thought or imagined that the Sun is yellow, or even red. But if you stand outside on a clear afternoon, you’ll notice something fascinating: the sunlight around you feels almost ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft is on a ...

NASA and the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft has sent home the highest resolution images of our sun ever captured. ESA has shared four images of the sun's surface, revealing the ...

This view is just part of a new, high-resolution image of the sun's full surface captured by the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) on the Solar Orbiter spacecraft. Screenshot. ESA & NASA / ...

Prior to the ESA releasing the photos, any image you have ever seen of the sun was taken from around its equator. The Solar Orbiter launched February 2020 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in ...