The Solar Orbiter has delivered the "highest resolution image ever of the Sun’s south pole" according to the European Space ...

ESA's Solar Orbiter captured views of the planet Mercury passing in front of the Sun. Multiple instruments aboard the spacecraft captured the imagery. Credit: Space.com | footage & orbit animation cou ...

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

A new method of predicting when a superflare will erupt from the sun suggests that we are in the middle of such a period now — and that could be bad news for the Artemis 2 astronauts.

JWST captured new details of the auroras on our Solar System’s largest planet. The dancing lights observed on Jupiter are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth. These observations of ...

Elon Musk SpaceX AI satellites launch planned within two to three years as billionaire argues space offers lowest-cost AI ...

Discover the simple science behind why a lunar eclipse follows a solar eclipse. Learn about the Moon's tilted orbit and how ...

Viewers on the U.S. East Coast may witness a rare "selenelion," when the rising sun and the eclipsed moon are briefly visible at the same time because of atmospheric refraction. This overlap will last ...

Learn the key differences between lunar and solar eclipses, including how long they last, how often they occur and why lunar eclipses can be seen by more people at one time.

In the distant reaches of the solar system are many icy objects that resemble snowmen. Now, a new study reveals the simple ...