NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (PSP) was launched on August 12, 2018, with the goal of becoming the first spacecraft to…
The rail service here in the UK is often the brunt of jokes. If it’s not the wrong type of…
A bewildering number of factors and variables led up to the planet we occupy today, where life finds a way…
It's almost impossible to over-emphasize the primal, raging, natural power of a star. Our Sun may appear benign in simple…
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has released an hour-long time-lapse video that shows 133 days of the Sun's life. The…
Our Sun is the very reason we’re alive. It provides warmth and the energy our planet needs to keep going.…
Solar flares are complex phenomena. They involve plasma, electromagnetic radiation across all wavelengths, activity in the Sun's atmosphere layers, and…
Precipitation is much more widespread throughout that solar system than commonly assumed. Obviously it rains water on Earth. But it…
Red dwarf stars are the most common kind of star in our neighbourhood, and probably in the Milky Way. Because…
The sun constantly cycles between periods of activity and periods of inactivity, and a new technique allows scientists to better…