Emily Mason, a heliophysicist at San Diego-based research firm Predictive Science, and her colleagues observed coronal loops ...

Barnard’s Star has fascinated astronomers for decades. At just six light-years away, it is the second-closest single star to our own Sun. Now, two separate research teams have found solid evidence ...

Consequently, even though it is one of the closest stars to Earth, such that its light takes only six years to get here, it ...

Not only will Friday’s total lunar eclipse be a Blood Moon, but it also lands on Pi Day! Grab a blanket—it won’t be freezing, ...

Computer models that factor in the Sun's impact on Earth's surface temperatures are providing more accurate simulations of ...

Tectonic plates move, causing strain energy to build up, and that energy eventually releases in the form of an earthquake. As ...

This total lunar eclipse — the first in three years — will feature a "blood worm moon," so named for the reddish hue of its ...