Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A large solar prominence ...

Did you see those red blotchy areas around the sun during Monday's total solar eclipse? Those are called solar prominences. Though they look like they could be made of fire, they are actually ...

This week we focus on the astounding and beautiful, with photos of a galaxy, a solar prominence, volcanic lightning, an asteroid moonlet, and the Earth from a mission to Mercury. The galaxy pictured ...