Earth, sun, moon: three objects in space whose interactions have a pretty big impact on our lives. Earth orbits the sun once a year, and it rotates on its axis about once a day (depending on your ...

Exploding stars are one of the hazards life faces in the universe, but a nearby explosion could cause anything from a total ...

Following the eruption of an X-class solar flare, shortwave radio blackouts were observed over southern Africa, the area ...

The identification of this massive water reservoir marks a significant milestone in astronomical research. Surrounding the ...

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Most of this activity lacks sufficient punch to harm us… but every now and then, the Sun erupts with a flare powerful enough to do serious damage. And we don't know how often such events occur.

The winter stars are like that. They're bright, sparkly and arrive "from a distance" low on the eastern horizon and gradually ...

Earth’s orbit around the Sun is not circular, but an ellipse that is slightly elongated with an eccentricity of 0.017. (An eccentricity of 0 is a circle, while the dwarf planet Pluto has a ...

If using a regular camera, the northern lights are best captured with a wide-angle lens, high ISO value and focus set to the ...

This week also brings the start of Capricorn season on Dec. 21, during which the sun will travel through this cardinal earth ...

It’s a discombobulating experience, after a “Lord of the Rings” trilogy that was built, down to every frame and hobbit hair, ...