Seismology has revealed much of the basics about earthquakes: Tectonic plates move, causing strain energy to build up, and that energy eventually releases in the form of an earthquake. As for ...

Earth, sun, moon: three objects in space whose interactions have a pretty big impact on our lives. Earth orbits the sun once a year, and it rotates on its axis about once a day (depending on your ...

Lunar rocks are famously dry. They contain almost none of the volatile elements that easily escape into space, such as ...

Understanding how the Sun and its activity impact Earth and the solar system is important because solar storms affect the technology we use on Earth and in space. Now, a team of heliophysicists and ...

From changes in solar activity to shifts in climate and atmosphere, the study of Earth’s future often reveals as much about the present as it does about the distant end. Researchers using a NASA ...

2026 is set to be a landmark year for India’s sun mission. India’s first solar observatory, Aditya-L1 will observe the Sun during its peak activity. Scientists hope to study powerful solar storms, ...