A solar flare is a burst of radiation on the sun, according to NASA. They are the most powerful explosions in the solar system, with the biggest ones having as much energy as a billion hydrogen bombs.

A new NASA mission to map the solar wind has returned some of its first images from its position in low Earth orbit. The ...

Meteor showers, eclipses and full moons will appear in our skies this summer. Mark your calendars with these dates, stargazers.

People have always gazed at the night sky in wonder, going as far back as the ancient Babylonians. The roots of what we know ...

Sporadic E layers lit up during a solar storm, moving from poles to equator—surprising researchers and revealing potential ...

NASA's PUNCH mission, a tiny constellation of four satellites, captured a photo of the moon drifting across the sky through a ...

Mars doesn’t have magnetic poles like Earth does, but that doesn’t stop the red planet from experiencing the night sky ...

Milliken Fishing discusses what a solar eclipse taught about bass behavior.

You might think these events are super rare, but they actually happen more often than you might expect. On average, there are ...

SpaceX early Tuesday launched another batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from Florida's east coast.

The European Space Agency 's (ESA) Proba-3 mission, consisting of two spacecraft called the Occulter and the Coronagraph, ...

May’s flower moon will appear full on Sunday and Monday evening, though this micromoon will look a little smaller than normal ...