The powerful X1.1 solar flare from sunspot region 4298 sparked strong radio blackouts on the sunlit portion of Earth at the ...

Sunspot AR3229 erupted with an X2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple ...

Sunspot AR3165 has erupted with several m-class solar flares in a span of a few hours. NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory ...

Astronomers have spotted the longest gamma-ray burst ever seen, a cosmic explosion that lasted seven hours — and they ...

In a glimpse of the early universe, astronomers have observed a galaxy as it appeared just 800 million years after the Big ...

On the evening of December 5, two strong Class M solar flares were recorded. This was announced on December 7 at the ...

A new study led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) links quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs) in solar flares to dynamic ...

Four penultimate class M solar flares have been recorded in the X-ray range. This was announced on December 10 on the website of the Institute of Applied Geophysics (FSBI "IPG"). "On December 10, at ...

Two new awards totaling $4.8 million will fund next-generation instruments for mid-sized telescopes at Lick and McDonald Observatories, enabling researchers to study how planets and stars form. The ...

Loveland Open Lands & Trails will host a Winter Solstice Celebration “Here Comes the Sun” Sunrise Event at 7-7:45 a.m.

An early drawing of Mars and what appeared to be canals on the surface, as drawn by Harvard astronomer Percival Lowell, 1894.

From 400-year-old globes to cosmic funeral shrouds, how the Osher Map Library in Maine shows people that maps aren't just for ...