In 2024, researchers transformed readings of an epic upheaval of Earth's magnetic field flipping 41,000 years ago into an ...

Anew sunspot is putting on a spectacular show in our solar system, capturing the attention of astronomers and ...

The burgeoning space industry and the technologies society increasingly relies on—electric grids, aviation and ...

Solar Maximum 2025 is the expected peak of solar activity in Solar Cycle 25, characterized by heightened sunspots, solar ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has set yet another record by taking the closest images of the Sun anyone has ever seen.

An unexpectedly strong solar storm rocked our planet on April 23, 2023, sparking auroras as far south as southern Texas in ...

While the Sun appears placid to the naked eye, it is a roiling sphere of ionized gas or plasma, shaped by powerful magnetic ...

The burst was so bright that it bounced off the Moon and illuminated Earth’s upper atmosphere, surpassing the brightness of a ...

The clingy planet orbits so close to its star, it triggers powerful explosions of radiation that eat away at its atmosphere.

A fluffy, Jupiter-sized planet may be triggering deadly flares from its star, leading to the slow destruction of its own ...

Stars often whip their planets with solar winds and radiation, pull them ever closer with gravity and sear them with heat.

People in some parts of the U.S. may be able to see the northern lights this evening.