Graphic visualisation of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) shows a vast 500,000 mile-wide coronal hole in the sun's ...

A gigantic hole has opened up in the Sun's atmosphere and is currently big enough to spot from Earth. The structure located ...

Blowing dust and wind erosion can be as costly as other natural disasters like hurricanes and other storms, according to a ...

“There was the solar wind, blowing 24/7,” Parker said. The breakthrough discovery reshaped our picture of space and the solar system. Scientists came to understand that the solar wind not only flows ...

In fact, wind exists because the sun unevenly heats the surface of the Earth. As hot air rises ... The wind is also variable: If it's not blowing, there's no electricity generated.

The gigantic coronal hole is blasting high-speed solar wind toward Earth, potentially igniting vibrant auroras and minor geomagnetic activity on Jan. 31.

The Earth has a layer of air around it ... Leaves on trees, flags and hair being blown. Wind direction is worked out using a compass, which shows the directions: north, south, east and west.

A new study in the journal Nature Sustainability estimates that blowing dust and wind erosion cost approximately $154 billion ...