Solar Science

The Sun

Our star, its violent weather, and the storms that reach Earth.

The Sun drives every process on Earth and periodically hurls billions of tonnes of plasma at us. Understanding its magnetic cycle, its million-degree corona and the solar wind is both fundamental physics and practical defence for satellites, power grids and astronauts.

See Sun in the Solar System ExplorerThe star that holds — and powers — everything on this map.Track Parker Solar ProbeThe Sun imagery in the Gallery

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The James Webb Space Telescope — Infrared Astronomy & Deep Time

How JWST peers 13.5 billion years into the past using infrared optics, a sunshield the size of a tennis court, and L2 positioning.

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