Since some of those space rocks date back to the very early days of our solar system—and have remained unchanged since their formation—they can provide clues about the environment in which our ...

A "ring of fire" shines over Easter Island in a spectacular new image of the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2. A "ring of fire" shines over Easter Island in a spectacular new image of the annular ...

“This increase in activity provides an exciting opportunity to learn about our closest star − but also causes real effects at Earth and throughout our solar system.” This peak of activity is ...

And sometimes they also violently expel billions of tons of solar particles and magnetic fields, rocketing through the solar system; those are coronal mass ejections. Both phenomena can have an effect ...

Brace yourselves, Earthlings: NASA, the NOAA, and the Solar Cycle Prediction Panel have officially declared that solar maximum is now underway. What does that mean? Our Sun is reaching the peak of ...

Every 11 years, the Sun gets very active and the number of sunspots — dark, cooler areas on the Sun — increases dramatically. For centuries, scientists have been counting sunspots to track this ...

Illustration by NASA/NASA via Getty Images) Scientists have just completed an extensive search for signs of alien technology in the TRAPPIST-1 star system, the so-called “solar system 2.0 ...

But first, we need you to sign in to PBS using one of the services below. Around our solar system, violent eruptions are shaping distant worlds. Discover the explosive forces that helped create ...

But one series I will definitely be tuning in to is the BBC’s Solar System, presented by Brian Cox (pictured above). I didn’t watch Cox’s first series on this topic, made 15 years ago ...

The explosive peak in the sun's roughly 11-year cycle of activity — known as the solar maximum — is already well underway, scientists have announced. While many experts suspected that this was ...

"This increase in activity provides an exciting opportunity to learn about our closest star -- but also causes real effects at Earth and throughout our solar system." Solar activity strongly ...

Solar activity waxes and wanes on an 11-year cycle. The current cycle, known as Solar Cycle 25, began in December 2019 and is still in its maximum phase, experts say. "Currently, we're about two ...