Scientists watched a solar flare grow from tiny magnetic sparks into a violent plasma-raining avalanche on the Sun.

But that number could drop this year, thanks to tests of stratospheric airships, uncrewed aircraft, and other high-altitude platforms for internet delivery.  Even with nearly 10,000 active Starlink ...

Solar wind sounds poetic, but it's a very real and powerful phenomenon, connecting the Sun to every part of our solar system.

In late 2025, scientists reported that for the first time, they were able to detect concentrations of plastic pollution on ...

Valley Hi-North Laguna Library’s defining form grew from a simple sketch: an asymmetrical, wing-like roofline that captures ...

Sustainable nuclear power, and an internet connection from the moon to Earth, are vital precursor components to a permanent lunar settlement.

On January 24, 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in the foothills of what is now Northern California, setting off a ...

Skygazers who look up at the moon tonight may be able to spot Saturn below it. Here's when and how to spot the conjunction in ...

Observations of the two solar system gas giants have revealed that Jupiter 's north pole hosts a central polar vortex ...

Recent observations of our corner of the universe suggest we have been living inside a hot, less dense region, and that there may even be a strange “cosmic interstellar channel,” or tunnel, connecting ...

Astronomers found an interstellar "tunnel" - a cosmic channel that connects our solar system to distant stars, according to a ...

In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...