NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a M7.9-class solar flare. See footage of the blast in multiple wavelengths. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/SDO/helioviewer.org | edited by Steve Sp ...

On Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe came within 3.8 million miles of the sun’s surface while moving at 430,000 miles per ...

On January 3, the Sun unleashed a powerful X1.2 solar flare, the first one in 2025, causing radio blackouts in parts of South ...

Learn key facts about the Moon: from its significant distance and relative size compared to Earth to its distinctive color ...

What Is a Magnetosphere? A magnetosphere is the region surrounding a planet that is dominated by its magnetic field. While ...

SpaceX launched its first flight of 2025, sending a Falcon 9 rocket into space with a Thuraya 4 satellite from Cape Canaveral ...

THIS year looks set to be another blockbuster year for daring space missions, from China’s asteroid retrieval to the first-ever private space station. Here are some of the biggest space ...

According to NASA, the moon travels around Earth in an elliptical orbit, or an elongated circle, with our planet closer to one side of the ellipse. Each month, the moon passes through the point ...

Look up into the sky above Washington state this month on a clear night, and you might see a rare celestial occurrence in the sky. During January 2025, a large planetary conjunction involving four ...

The Northern Lights forecast is looking up in the wake of a series of several large solar X-ray flares, with the nights of ...

As the mercury drops, drivers are grappling with the all-too-familiar issue of frosty windscreens. Many have resorted to a variety of ice removal tactics, from placing hot water bottles on the ...

Similar to its pad turnaround operations, SpaceX made great progress with its booster turnaround times in 2024. While in 2023, the average turnaround time of a booster was between 40 to 45 days, in ...