The sun

On Christmas Eve (Dec. 24) NASA's parker Solar Probe made its closest approach to the sun yet, passing through the blisteringly hot outer atmosphere of our star.

If all goes to plan, the sun should give NASA's Parker Solar Probe a hard time.

Parker Solar Probe will make an immensely close pass by the sun on Dec. 24 — but its scientists aren't worried. They have faith in their explorer.

Set your Parker Solar Probe sun flyby clocks for Dec. 24 at 6:53 a.m. EST (1153 GMT), Space Fans.

All three eruptions were not Earth-directed.

On Christmas Eve, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will break its own records for speed and closest approach to the sun.

When the sun's fury disrupts high-tech farming, precision turns to chaos.

Watch the moment an impulsive X-class solar flare explodes from the sun in a dramatic eruption.

Space weather experts warn that solar activity will persist or even increase after solar maximum has ended and we enter a phase of the solar cycle dubbed the "battle zone."