The observations offer a rare glimpse into our solar system's early history.

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

SIX planets will align in the evening sky this week in a rare cosmic phenomenon you’ll be able to see with your own eyes. Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus, and Jupiter will all appear ...

NASA’s Chandra Observatory captured a young Sun-like star blowing a giant X-ray bubble, revealing for the first time how ...

A team of scientists from around the world has created the first system that can predict when and where extremely powerful ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a massive 'tornado' on the sun in multiple wavelengths. Unlike the Earth, "tornadoes on the sun are controlled by magnetism," according to Space Weather.

For the first time, a much younger version of the sun has been caught red-handed blowing bubbles in the galaxy by astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The bubble—called an "astrosphere" ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has flown into the Sun's corona. Structures known as coronal streamers and the Milky Way can be ...

NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a M7.9-class solar flare. See footage of the blast in multiple wavelengths. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/SDO/helioviewer.org | edited by Steve Sp ...

Our Sun is far from a quiet ball of fire. Recent missions like NASA’s Parker Solar Probe and Solar Dynamics Observatory have ...

NASA has always made it a point to encourage us citizen scientists to lend them a hand. Right now, they could really use your help protecting Earth against waves of punishing, disruptive solar winds.

Due to its young age, the particle winds emanating from HD 61005's surface are much more powerful.