A powerful X1.8 solar flare erupted on January 4, 2025, and was recorded at its peak—7:48 a.m. ET—by NOAA’s Solar Ultraviolet ...

The best time to view Saturn's rings before the ... about planets in our solar system Our solar system is made up of nine planets with Earth the third closest to the Sun. But each planet has ...

A new study suggests that medieval stone discs found in Ukraine were likely used by Vikings as solar compasses to navigate ...

"We were definitely surprised by the 'kiss' part of kiss-and-capture. There hasn't really been a kind of impact before where the two bodies only temporarily merge before re-separating!" New ...

On Christmas Eve, 2024, NASA’s daring Parker Solar Probe plunged deeper into the sun's atmosphere than any human-made object before. While performing this nail-biting closest approach to the sun ...

In three months, Saturn's iconic, icy rings will appear to disappear, giving you a preview of what the planet could look like 100 million to 300 million years from now. On March 23, an optical ...

EARTH is in for yet another spectacular year for breathtaking cosmic displays - from Saturn's rings ... solar system Our solar system is made up of nine planets with Earth the third closest to the ...

NASA's mission to "touch" the sun has confirmed ... orbital dust ring. So far, the spacecraft has only transmitted that it's safe, but soon it will be in a location that will allow it to downlink the ...

If you live in an area that gets snow, it's natural that some will land on your solar panels. And that's not necessarily a ...

“A generation from now,” he told them, “this solar ... Sun-Moon Mansion looked like something out of “The Jetsons,” with two sweeping horseshoes of solar panels that resembled the rings ...

Because they move closer to the sun, solar heating can cause certain ices ... "It has periods where it behaves like a comet, it has rings of material around it, and potentially a debris field ...

They'll be there as soon as the sun ... its rings. If you're so equipped, give that telescope a point at Saturn. At 25 times magnification, you'll be able to see the crown jewel of our solar ...