Earth’s magnetic field is essential to life on our planet. It protects Earth from cosmic radiation and acts as a shield ...

Astronomers used the ALMA radio array in Chile to show that two narrow spiral arms are funneling gas toward the central ...

A new University of Michigan study offers one of the most detailed pictures so far of how violent sun storms spread across ...

Astronomers have caught a blast of hot wind streaming from the Milky Way’s central black hole, Sgr A*, for the first time ...

Wondering how this summer’s blistering heat or last winter’s bone-chilling cold snap compared with previous years? Or want to ...

Space weather is real, and it has more of an impact on life on Earth than you may think. A new multi-pronged mission intends ...

Lorenzo was a tropical storm in the North Atlantic Ocean Tuesday afternoon Eastern time, the National Hurricane Center said ...

IMAP (short for "Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe") is the primary payload on today's flight. The roughly $600 ...

The Northern Lights may be visible in the U.S. this week, following a geomagnetic storm forecast by space weather experts at ...

Whirling dust devils and winds on Mars can move at an unexpected 99 miles per hour. The dust they send into the atmosphere could affect future missions.

Dust devils on Mars have been known for years. Using them as a proxy for wind speed, however, is a clever twist. The new ...

But IMAP can explore and map the boundaries of the heliosphere like ... Once it reaches an orbit about 1 million miles (1.6 ...