Scientists have traced the source of more than 70% of meteorites that have hit Earth to specific asteroid families, providing ...

Earth's auroras result from solar winds interacting with the magnetosphere, creating light displays in vivid colors based on ...

NASA and NOAA have confirmed that the Sun has entered its solar maximum phase, the most active part of its 11-year cycle. During this period, the Sun becomes more volatile, and an increase in solar ...

After months of intense solar flares, NASA confirms that the Sun has reached the most active period of its cycle.

NOAA says that the Northern Lights and their southern cousins, the Southern Lights, officially known as Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis, are caused by electrons colliding with the upper reaches ...

This peak of activity is expected to last for another year, according to NASA.

Expect to see more northern lights in unusual places as the sun continues to sizzle, space weather forecasters said Tuesday.

A new analysis of a peculiar metallic cloud surrounding the exoplanet WASP-49 b provides further evidence that it may have ...

Solar flares are flashes of ultraviolet and X-ray radiation released from active areas of the sun's surface, usually sunspots. They are classed by power on a scale of A, B, C, M, and X-class, where X ...

NASA released an explainer video about the Solar Maximum, the period when solar activity is at it's peak, occurring roughly every 11 years, when the magnetic field of the sun flips.

The sun is at the peak of its 11-year cycle. That means an uptick in solar flares will lead to more chances to see the ...

The Sun has now entered its "solar maximum period" in the current solar cycle, resulting in a noticeable increase in sunspots ...