Since ancient times, the sun has been known as a giver of light and heat, a source of life. Plants are coaxed from the Earth ...

With NASA’s fleet of heliophysics spacecraft, scientists monitor our Sun and investigate its influences throughout the solar ...

See how telescopes capture the cosmos. ExtremeTech explains the science behind lenses and space exploration. Start exploring ...

A 3D map of our cosmic neighborhood has revealed hot and cold regions as well as an "escape tunnel" from our local bubble.

mostly in the form of ultraviolet light and X-rays, that can hurtle toward Earth at the speed of light. Some of these flares can be accompanied by coronal mass ejections, or clouds of plasma and ...

And lastly, there are cosmic rays, particles accelerated to nearly the ... Without an ozone layer, Earth is vulnerable to ...

The sun's solar weather has caused several atmospheric events since the star entered its maximum phase. See the sun's effect.

Our Solar System is located within a low-density region known as the Local Hot Bubble (LHB). This bubble is filled with a ...

The golden rays of the afternoon sun enhance the bold, hand-painted patterns on the mud walls of a round, thatched hut in ...

If you look at pictures of the sun, it can look like it is on fire. Here on Earth, we can even feel the heat from the sun, and it can burn us even though it is 92 million miles away. Many people ...

Earth's magnetic fields deflect cosmic rays away from Earth ... that come from the sun and from objects both inside and outside of the Milky Way and travel at relativistic speeds.

Netflix’s “Avatar: The Last Airbender” live-action series has added eight actors to the cast of Season 2, Variety has learned ...