After weeks of reduced activity, the sun erupted with three powerful flares on a single day. That could send solar flares toward Earth, impacting electronics and making it possible to view the ...

As comet 3I/ATLAS reaches its closest point to the sun on October 30, scientists prepare for a moment of peak activity that no one on Earth will witness. The interstellar comet will pass 1.35 ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS was expected to come within 130 million miles of the sun on Oct. 30. For the time being, 3I/ATLAS will remain on the opposite side of the sun from Earth, making it impossible to observe ...

Over millennia, our view of the stars has shifted, because of Earth’s wobble. It may be time to rethink your sign. Whether you care about horoscopes or not, you probably know your zodiac sign. You’ve ...

Astronomers have gotten an unprecedented view of the bottom of the Sun. On Wednesday, the European Space Agency shared images that show, in all its tumultuous glory, our star’s secretive south pole.

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The event was first recorded in 2014, when a Nasa space telescope noticed a massive star in the Andromeda galaxy slowly becoming brighter in infrared light.

Scientists have pulled back the curtain on one of the most extreme solar regions seen in decades, tracking it almost nonstop for three months as it unleashed powerful space weather. By combining views ...

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured images of the sun 3.8 million miles away. Images collected by the probe include some of the sun’s outer atmosphere. The images are helping scientists figure out the ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Solar Orbiter spacecraft has delivered the first-ever close-up images of the Sun's enigmatic polar regions. Released this week, these historic images offer a ...

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