Extremely active sunspot AR3664 blasted a major X8.7-class solar flare. The sunspot was behind the incredible geomagnetic ...

Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground ...

NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission captured an X1.1-class solar flare. See time-lapse footage of the ...

Stephanie Cortes teaches astronomy from the front of a Pima Community College classroom and also while dressed in a colorful cosmic bodysuit atop the shoulders of her acrobat friends. Cortes, who has ...

Solar physicists say they have found a key source of intense gamma rays unleashed when Earth's nearest star produces its most ...

From volcanic landscapes to world-class observatories, a journey through the Canary Islands reveals a night sky unlike ...

A record-breaking asteroid has been discovered by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory just seven days after it began its observations. Based on this performance result, scientists and astronomers can expect ...

"We're going to do it in three years, and we're going to do it for a ridiculously low price," Pete Klupar, executive director ...

Researchers have identified a newly recognized type of extremely energetic particles located in the Sun’s upper atmosphere, revealing a phenomenon that had not been detected before. Solar scientists r ...

The St. Cloud State Planetarium, celebrating 53 years, offers 88 shows this year, captivating visitors with astronomy and ...

NASA’s Webb Telescope has identified compact, mysterious galaxies nicknamed “astronomy’s platypus.” These strange objects ...

Hunting, Benedict Arnold and the universe are topics explored in the 14th season of Senior Scholar, which starts Feb. 4 and 5 ...