Getting too close to the sun is definitely not a good idea. Its immense heat and radiation can be very dangerous, which is why it is good that we are a distance away from it that we are.

Scientists consider it the gold standard for evaluating how heat harms the human body ... huge new risks even for people who escape the sun’s radiation. By 2050, 1.3 billion people will be ...

Because no particles are involved, radiation can work through the vacuum of space. This is why we can still feel the heat of the Sun even though it is 150 million km away from the Earth.

The ocean’s dark surface helps it absorb heat, whereas white clouds and aerosol particles in the atmosphere help bounce the ...

And with desert heat comes desert droughts, sparking wildfires and killing crops. UV radiation from the sun is so strong, we'd get severe sunburn after just 15 minutes outdoors. At this point ...

survived its close call with the sun despite fears that it would disintegrate during its perihelion, due to intense heat, gravitational forces and solar radiation. When a comet approaches the sun ...

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, followed by Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mercury orbits ...

A NASA X-ray imager is heading to the moon as part of NASA's Artemis campaign, where it will capture the first global images of the magnetic field that shields Earth from solar radiation.