Sep. 11, 2024 — Astronomers have achieved a major breakthrough in solar physics by successfully producing detailed maps of the Sun's coronal magnetic fields. This milestone promises to enhance ...

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...

A very long solar filament that had been snaking around the Sun erupted (Dec. 6, 2010) with a flourish. STEREO (Behind) ...

An international team of scientists have combined cyclic-olefin copolymers with a powder of aluminum oxide to create a ...

A NASA model predicts that a geomagnetic storm could hit Earth on November 1, as a blast of solar plasma rockets toward our ...

This one—called “Parker’s Star,” the remnant of the supernova SN 1181, named for the year it appeared in Earth’s skies—lies ...

A sequence of images composited together to show path of Venus across the Sun. The Sun blew out a coronal mass ejection along with part of a solar filament over a three-hour period (Feb. 24, 2015).

The Solar Ultraviolet Imager, or SUVI, onboard NOAA's GOES-19 satellite, which launched on June 25, 2024, began observing the ...

Dirty solar lights are dimmer and shorter-lasting than clean lights. Here's how to clean solar lights for better, brighter ...

Follow-up observations confirmed it was the ejected material. Years later, in 2023, astronomers came across peculiar filaments within the supernova remnant, resembling a dandelion flower.

British startup plans to supply solar power from space to Icelanders by 2030, in what could be the world's first demonstration of this novel renewable energy source. The space solar power project ...

This exoplanet’s atmosphere is going full steam ahead. A planet beyond our solar system called GJ 9827d has an atmosphere composed almost completely of hot water molecules, astronomers report in ...