Voyage to the Sun: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Completes 16th Close Approach
W Herschel used a 10 foot telescope to study the Sun in 1801 and hypothesized that the sun was a solid Earth-like sphere with atmosphere. 60 years later, J Herschel noted that patterns on the solar surface could be igneous snowflakes, giant fish swimming in the photosphere, or monsters
A 'double punch' of solar storms could smash into Earth and spark widespread auroras this week