Astronomers might be close to confirming the presence of an Earth-like atmosphere on an exoplanet for the first time, ...

The bottom of the world is front and center for a partial solar eclipse next week. Antarctica, New Zealand and a sliver of ...

Analysis by researchers at the University of Bern suggests that water and other volatile compounds arrived on Earth from ...

In what we can only interpret as a show of solidarity for the Solar System's beleaguered dwarf planet Pluto, the Sun put its heart prominently on its sleeve atmosphere.

Solar activity has been on an overall decline since the ‘80s and scientists were expecting us to plunge into a historic low ...

With advance warning, however, steps can be taken to reduce the risks. If an electrical grid is running near capacity, for ...

The spacecraft will study the heliosphere, a vast bubble created by the Sun's solar wind. This bubble acts like a shield, ...

The equinox marks the arrival of fall in the Northern Hemisphere on Sept. 22. Are you ready for fall? The official arrival of fall is the autumnal equinox, which occurs in the Northern Hemisphere on ...

Bake them, freeze them, fire them from a gun or blast them into space: tardigrades can survive almost anything. Some experts ...

Our sun has unexpectedly begun to ramp up its activity, which could lead to more severe solar storms that cause blackouts and ...

That may be about to change: NASA is preparing a brand new mission that will travel 1 million miles away from Earth in order to map the boundaries of the heliosphere, offering clues to scientists ...

The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is the first mission focused on studying changes in the exosphere, the Earth’s outermost ...