Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in advance, or how scientists figure out how the ...

Sandra Nilsson, 32, is the space engineer who brought satellite communications to Öjebyn, an hour's drive north of Skellefteå ...

Sunspots are cooler areas on the sun's surface that appear darker compared to their surroundings. These solar blemishes are ...

New research using the James Webb Space Telescope offers the most detailed portrait yet of how auroras form on Uranus.

Six planets will align on Feb. 28, but not all will be seen with the naked eye. Here's how to watch the cosmic parade.

Fresh observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show how vivid auroras surge through Uranus’s tilted magnetic field ...

You know how it is to spend time staring out at the sea or up at the blue sky and wonder why we can not simply pass through ...

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and an ice giant known for its striking blue-green color, caused by methane in its atmosphere. It rotates on its side with a 98-degree tilt, creating extreme ...

Of the eight known planets in the Solar System, Mercury is the smallest and closest to our star, the Sun. Mercury has been known since the time of ancient Babylon, in the 14th century BC. Its name ...

Here’s a wild fact. The largest religious monument on Earth is not in Europe or the Middle East. It’s in Cambodia. This is Angkor Wat. From above, it looks unreal. Perfect symmetry. Five stone towers ...

Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1, a city-sized icy body that orbits the Sun at roughly 6 astronomical units, is known for sudden outbursts that can produce a glowing coma with a spiral, ...