  We review the results of solar neutrino physics, with particular attention to
the data obtained and the analyses performed in the last decades, which were
determinant to solve the solar neutrino problem (SNP), proving that neutrinos
are massive and oscillating particles and contributing to refine the solar
models. We also discuss the perspectives of the presently running experiments
in this sector and of the ones planned for the near future and the impact they
can have on elementary particle physics and astrophysics.
