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The sun's visible disk has been perfectly free from sunspots for the first time since June 2022, suggesting the current solar ...

On Jan. 31, 1958, Explorer 1 became the first satellite launched by the United States. Its primary science instrument, a ...

Some 5 billion years from now, the Sun will expand and become a red giant. And Earth might be just in the way... If humans were still around then, would we leave Earth? Or would we move it? What is ...

They show up as a mathematical solution in general relativity, basically as a time-reversed version of a black hole. Some ...

Close-up measurements from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe are giving scientists an unprecedented look at how the solar wind gains ...

When Muslims arriving in the UK tried to sight the new crescent Moon, they would often struggle – in part due to a very British problem: the cloudy weather.

An annular solar eclipse occurs today, February 17, 2026. This celestial event will not be visible from India. However, it ...

We examine why the Earth's constant spin goes completely unnoticed by the people living on it. We think about it and then forget.

Seasonal changes are caused by Earth's 23.5-degree axial tilt, not its distance from the Sun. When a hemisphere leans towards the Sun, it receives direct sunlight and experiences summer, while the ...

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

Gaseous water has been detected in the planet-forming disk surrounding the star V883 Orionis (ALMA) using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. The discovery "supports the idea that water ...