ST. LOUIS – Heat based thunderstorms will continue to be focused along a cold front that is sagging into the region. These are driven by not only the front, but by daytime heating. So, when the sun ...

In about 5 billion years, our Sun will run out of fuel and transform into a massive red giant. When that happens, Earth could ...

The sun is the star at the center of our solar system. It's the largest, brightest and most massive object in the solar system, and it provides the light and heat that life on Earth depends on.

Having made its closest approach to the sun on Wednesday October 29, comet 3I/ATLAS will soon be visible from Earth ...

White dwarf stars, like this one shown shrouded by a planetary nebula, are much smaller than stars like our Sun. NASA/R. Ciardullo (PSU)/H. Bond (STScI) The Sun will someday die. This will happen when ...

The sun rises and sets every day. We plan our lives around it. It's ironic, then, that "we know so little about the star at the center of our solar system," says Matina Gkioulidou, a space physicist ...

How big it is: 865,000 miles (1.392 million kilometers) across How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) What type of star it is: A yellow dwarf star The sun is the star at the center of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Juliette Becker, University of Wisconsin-Madison (THE CONVERSATION) The Sun will ...