The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space ...

At the turn of the 21 st century, astrophysicists theorized that the Sun was headed toward a deep solar minimum, but a new ...

Solar storms can have a devastating effect on earth's power and communication grids, and the trio of missions may help to ...

Researchers at the Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India at IISER Kolkata have discovered a new relationship between the Sun’s magnetic field and its sunspot cycle, that can help predict when ...

For millions of years, a frozen traveler drifted in silence through the stars, carrying secrets from another world. This ...

There’s a giant ball of ice barreling through the solar system right now, and it’s bigger than any we’ve seen before. It poses no threat to Earth, but this comet, called C/2014 UN271 ...

In this artist’s impression, a comet erupts with jets of gas as it falls toward the sun from the depths of the outer solar system. There’s a giant ball of ice barreling through the solar system right ...

After analyzing 30 years of data, scientists came to a surprising conclusion about an ice giant in our solar system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

"I believe that this is probably one of the most detailed solar time lapses ever made by an independent astrophotographer." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Space weather, particularly geomagnetic storms from solar activity, surprisingly impacts human health. These cosmic events, disturbing Earth's magneti ...

Super-Earths and sub-Neptunes, planets with sizes between Earth and Neptune, constitute approximately one-third of known exoplanets but are absent in our solar system. Their prevalence elsewhere and ...