Even if Earth does survive, it won’t be pretty. The temperature of our planet will be about 1,300 degrees C, hot enough to ...

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

As summer settles in and temperatures climb in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s impossible to forget just how much the sun ...

The Earth could be soon flung out of orbit or into the sun - all thanks to a passing star - Either way, the sun is likely ...

Discover the Sun’s incredible heat, its layers, and what fuels it. Explore ExtremeTech’s in-depth article and get closer to the heart of our solar system.

Venus As The ‘Morning Star’ After spending the last six months in the evening sky for all to see, on March 23, Venus passed between Earth and the sun — a moment sky-watchers call inferior ...

The star is named after the American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard, who measured its motion relative to the Sun back in 1916. Artist’s impression of Barnard b orbiting Barnard’s star.

Astronomers have discovered a small exoplanet orbiting Barnard’s star, the closest single star to our sun. This newly discovered exoplanet designated as Barnard b [2] has at least half the mass ...

Here on Earth, we can even feel the heat from the sun, and it can burn us even though it is 92 million miles away. Many people even refer to our nearest star as a "giant fireball in the sky"!

In six billion years the sun will expand into a red giant. That process should consume Mercury, and maybe Venus. For a long time we have thought it might incinerate Earth, too.. But perhaps all is ...

The sun is unique in that it's the only star in our solar system. Up to 85% of stars have at least one companion star. The sun contains over 99% of the mass of our entire solar system.

The larger a star is, the more rapidly it burns through its hydrogen. Some of the largest known stars — such as those with masses 40 times that of the sun — will live just 1 million years.