A small asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere off the coast of California just hours after being discovered and before ...

A recently shared image of a distant galaxy surrounded by three concentric rings challenges our understanding of galactic ...

Model simulations offer insights into the fundamental properties of the solar magnetic field. New studies suggest that the Sun, like Earth, has polar vortices influenced by its magnetic environment. U ...

Like the Earth, the sun likely has swirling polar vortices, according to new research led by the U.S. National Science ...

If you cut down a tree, you can read an environmental record. Now climate change is complicating the narrative.

When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we call that an occultation. The word is derived from the Latin occultäre, to ...

Tree rings reveal ancient solar storms, helping scientists predict and prepare for future events that could disrupt ...

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...

Of all the astronomical objects visible in a telescope, none has captured human imagination more than the planet Saturn.

The conclusions come from patterns tracked by scientists that point to several meteorite impacts through geological records.

A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega ...

Thirty sports cars stolen by an international fraud ring have been reunited with their ... The commercial director said: “The system back then did not flag up when cars were missing finance ...