Sunspots, which are temporarily darkened areas on the surface of the sun ... this solar weather. Recently, however, astronomers have been keeping track of starspot activity on a red giant star ...

Narrator: Serious scientists, like myself, believe our solar system was formed by the collapse of a giant cloud of gas and rock and is held together by the gravitational pull of the Sun.

The Solar System as we know it won't be around ... System when the Sun reaches the end of its life. "When the Sun reaches its Red Giant phase, it will expand out roughly to the orbit of Earth.

Thankfully, our sun's sunspot activity occurs along an approximate 11-year cycle, giving us some indication of when to expect this solar weather. Recently, however, astronomers have been keeping track ...

As the last big solar storm to hit Earth was 165 years ago, we might be in line for another soon, but it is uncertain how similar the sun is to these ... suggested that these giant bursts tend ...

Discover how a giant interstellar cloud known as the solar nebula gave birth to our solar system and everything in it. The solar system as we know it began life as a vast, swirling cloud of gas and ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, will be visible to sky gazers on Earth. Here’s when to look out for it and ...