Solar flares can reshape exoplanet atmospheres within days, affecting temperature, winds, and potential habitability.

July will see the launch of the groundbreaking Solar EruptioN Integral Field Spectrograph mission, or SNIFS. Delivered to space via a Black Brant IX sounding rocket, SNIFS will explore the energy and ...

In the movie Contact, the action starts with the Very Large Array, a large radio telescope in the U.S., picking up an alien radio signal.

Astronomers peering into the Large Magellanic Cloud have caught a white-dwarf crime scene in the act of giving up its secrets about how it exploded…twice. The remnants, catalogued as SNR 0509-67.5, ...

Life offers few guarantees, but here’s one: Mama’s fried shrimp will recalibrate your standards for what seafood can be. Some ...

Photographing the sun can be an amazing experience and this guide explains how to do it in safety with a camera or telescope.

Scientists reveal rapid electric current evolution during solar X-class flare by Zhang Nannan, Chinese Academy of Sciences edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

Princeton physics experiment aims to shed light on disruptive solar flares The multimillion-dollar experiment that was years in the making comes as the federal government makes broad cuts to science ...

In the Jodie Foster movie “Contact”, the action begins when the Very Large Array—a major radio telescope in the United States ...

Stars and planets are naturally associated with one another. While some planets have gone rogue and are drifting through ...