Solar storms that fling magnetism across the solar system can knock out satellites, power grids, communication and navigation systems, and endanger astronauts in space. Scientists can observe these ...

A coronal mass ejection hurtling from the sun toward Earth could trigger a geomagnetic storm, making the northern lights visible in up to 18 US states ...

Most of us find it difficult to grasp the quantum world. According to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, it's like observing ...

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has captured a stunning image that catches a rare optical phenomenon known as a “sunglint” over central Africa. The photo, released by NASA’s ...

Hubble has helped uncover a white dwarf that’s likely the result of two stars crashing together. Carbon traces in its atmosphere tell a story of a cosmic merger, a rare phenomenon previously invisible ...

The team identifies one particularly intriguing event in 1952, in which three orbs appeared and then disappeared within 50 minutes.