In space terms, our solar system is like a calm pond, but even the smallest pebble can cause ripples. According to the study in Icarus, a passing star within 10,000 astronomical units (AU) could ...

Earth System Science Data (ESSD) is an international, interdisciplinary journal for the publication of articles on original research data (sets), furthering the reuse of high-quality data of ...

In space terms, our solar system is like a calm pond, but even the smallest pebble can cause ripples. According to the study in Icarus, a passing star within 10,000 astronomical units (AU) could ...

Dhaka, June 22 -- Earth could be thrown off its orbit and flung into another planet or even the Sun due to gravitational disturbances caused by passing stars, a new scientific study has warned.

A violent solar eruption on May 31 launched a coronal mass ejection (CME) hurtling toward Earth, triggering a rare G4-level geomagnetic storm alert. Captured in real-time by U.S. Naval Research ...

Cincinnati, Ohio When the Sun runs out of hydrogen fuel and expands into a red giant, it will eventually encompass the innermost planets of the solar system, out to about Earth’s orbit.

An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun.

Launched into polar orbit on March 11, 2025, PUNCH’s primary objective is to make global, continuous, three-dimensional observations of the Sun’s outer atmosphere and the inner solar system ...

One by one, they both hit the "wall of fire" at the boundaries of our home system, measuring temperatures of 30,000-50,000 kelvin (54,000-90,000 degrees Fahrenheit) on their passage through it.

How does life that’s evolved here on Earth react to the radiation-rich, gravity-poor environment of space? It’s an important question to ask before we send people to Mars or anywhere else in the solar ...

These disturbances are more common and more intense during solar maximum, the most active phase of the sun’s 11-year cycle, when solar flares, sunspots, and coronal mass ejections peak.

These data will transform our understanding of the Sun’s magnetic field, the solar wind, and solar activity,” explained Daniel Müller, ESA’s Solar Orbiter project scientist.