Earth, sun, moon: three objects in space whose interactions have a pretty big impact on our lives. Earth orbits the sun once ...

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

A sunspot named AR3901 that keeps flinging out M-class solar flares is about to face toward the Earth, putting us in the ...

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 ...

Earth’s orbit around the Sun is not circular, but an ellipse that is slightly elongated with an eccentricity of 0.017. (An eccentricity of 0 is a circle, while the dwarf planet Pluto has a ...

Earth is parting company with an asteroid that’s been tagging along as a “mini moon” for the past two months. The harmless space rock will peel away on Monday, overcome by the stronger tug of the ...

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

Solar flares are giant explosions that occur in a localized regions of the sun's atmosphere, typically originating from ...

Learn more › After seeing Elon Musk send thousands upon thousands of satellites into low-Earth orbit ... Or even straight into the sun? (You asked. We answered.) Aside from the moral quandaries ...

an rectangular map of Earth, with green ... more M-class flares with still the possibility for X-class flares to erupt from the sun in the coming days.