Home tagpages Solar physics The Heart of World’s Largest Solar Telescope Begins to Beat April 24, 2025 First Light! The spectro-polarimeter of the world's largest solar telescope in Hawaii looks at the Sun for the first time. The instrument was developed in Germany. more Solar Probe Aditya-L1: Explosive Debut in Space February 28, 2025 Just a few months after its launch, the space probe observed a large solar flare - and looked into a barely explored layer of our star. more Origin of Fast and Slow Solar Wind Discovered February 05, 2025 Data from the ESA’S Solar Orbiter show tiny plasma jets in the source regions of the solar wind. more Superflares once per Century December 12, 2024 More often than previously thought, sun-like stars hurl huge amounts of radiation into space. The Sun, too, is capable of such outbursts. more Zooming in on the Sun November 20, 2024 Newly analyzed data from ESA’s Solar Orbiter offer a unique view of the entire solar disk. more Show more