There are two types of eclipses - a lunar eclipse, when Earth's shadow obscures the moon and a solar eclipse, which takes place when the Moon blocks the sun from view, according to NASA.

Learn how these advances in instrumentation could provide a better understanding of solar winds and improve space weather forecasts.

ESA's Solar Orbiter captured a "tube of cooler atmospheric gases snaking its way through the Sun’s magnetic field," according to ESA. See it "slither" in these time-lapsed views. Credit: ESA & ...

A NASA satellite that suddenly reappeared after going silent gets credit for the remarkable discovery—a pair of temporary ...

Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant planets, suggests a new study.

For those playing along at home, space looks dark, even though the Sun is out there because the near-vacuum conditions don't ...

Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes difficult pursuit of tracking deep-space objects.

Summer-a time when the urge to explore places familiar and new beckons to young and old alike. Although the sun sets late during the summer months, we inevitably find ourselves outside looking at ...

All of these changes, we can plot them and if we look exponentially, we see catastrophic effects in the next few years, ...

The May 2024 solar storm created two new temporary belts of high-energy particles surrounding Earth. The findings are ...

Solar Orbiter has revealed that tiny, hair-like jets in the Sun’s coronal holes are responsible for both fast and slow solar ...

Cosmic rays coming from outside the Solar System bring these particles closer to the Sun, where they experience changes ...