Though it generated beautiful auroras around the world, the Gannon solar storm in 2024 was also a little dangerous.

Astronomers have, for the first time, detected a massive explosion from a star outside our solar system, specifically a ...

Researchers have now measured how violent space weather events called geomagnetic superstorms disrupt the Earth’s protective ...

Earth from space A 2017 satellite photo captured three hurricanes — Katia, Irma and Jose — in a near-perfect line across "hurricane alley" in the Atlantic Ocean. Interestingly, the storms, which are ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Helix nebula, as viewed by the Chandra X-ray observatory, Hubble Space Telescope and European ...

Earth is called the Blue Planet because 71% of its surface is covered with water, giving it a blue glow when seen from space.

At least one space launch has been put on hold, as satellite operators and rocket companies manage the effects of the current ...

To see Earth from space is to be forever changed by the view. Since Alan Shepard became the first American to lay eyes on our ...

Roughly four and a half billion years ago the planet Theia slammed into Earth, destroying Theia, melting large fractions of ...