For the first time, astronomers say they have spotted a giant explosion released by a star beyond our solar system. The ...

Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid growth disrupted the early solar system, creating rings where new planetesimals ...

A newly detected super-Earth just 20 light-years away is giving scientists one of the most promising chances yet to search ...

Parker Solar Probe Makes History by Touching the Sun 8 million miles above the Sun's surface on December 24, 2024, traveling ...

Cernan Earth and Space Center at Triton College in River Grove has a full slate of holiday programming that’s fun and ...

Tips on seeing northern lights: It must be dark outside, so if you can, go somewhere that has as little light pollution as ...

NASA unveiled close-up pictures on Wednesday of the interstellar comet that’s making a quick one-and-done tour of the solar system.Discovered over the<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

The sun unleashed a rare and powerful double eruption this week, sending two massive X-class solar flares from sunspot AR4274 ...

The northern lights dazzled skies across the U.S. Tuesday night, caused by a geomagnetic storm that reached G4 intensity.

BMKG says the global geomagnetic storm from Nov. 12–14 poses little risk to Indonesia thanks to its equatorial magnetic ...

The Friends of the Shiras Planetarium has launched an “adopt-a-star” program to meet its fundraising goal of $1,041,000. As ...