This past year saw some significant solar activity. This was especially true during the month of May, which saw more than 350 ...

Exomoons are a hot topic in the science community, as none have been confirmed with astronomers finding new and creative ways ...

Researchers study superflares, theorizing that our sun could produce such massive events, though none have been observed yet.

Our sun is a violent place. Bursts of radiation snap off the solar surface with the strength of millions of volcanic ...

Year? A light-year is the distance light travels in one year. Light moves incredibly fast — about 186,000 miles (300,000 ...

Heavy hydrogen could be important in long-range detections of civilizations, says a pioneering astronomical study.

Many people have heard of the Keck Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope, but few realize just how many powerful ...

“We wanted to determine how often our Sun produces superflares; however, the duration of direct solar observations is ...

New research reveals a fourth planet in the Kepler-51 system, altering our understanding of this unique system with three ...

The Sun might be overdue for a storm stronger than any we’ve seen in recent history, based on an analysis of similar stars in ...

There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. October 4, 1957 - The Soviets launch Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial ...

With the help of the Webb space telescope, astronomers have discovered a fourth so-called cotton candy planet around a young ...