An explanation of reports that part of the sun has broken off A part of the sun has broken off and was swept up in a polar vortex. Scientists say it's not as dangerous as it sounds.

A partial solar eclipse on Saturday will make it look as if the moon has taken a bite out of the sun over parts of North America, Greenland and Northern Europe.

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 ...

Europe’s space agency prepares to blot out the Sun. The agency’s two-part Proba-3 spacecraft is meant to perfectly align in orbit to create artificial solar eclipses.

A SOLAR eclipse is set to be visible from the UK and US in a couple of weeks, where part of the Sun’s will turn black. In London and the southeast of the UK, around 30% of the Sun will be cov… ...

When only part of the sun is covered by the moon, it creates a crescent shape seen by viewers on Earth. The partial solar eclipse on March 29, 2025 begins at 4:50 a.m. EDT (0850 GMT) and ends at 8 ...

There is a gap in our observations of the sun: Part of its atmosphere is effectively invisible to our telescopes. However, images taken from Earth during a solar eclipse are filling in that hole ...