A SpaceX astronaut mission like no other will lift off from Kennedy Space Center on Monday night. Here's what to know.

Auroras are possible over the U.S. tonight (March 25) as a "moderate" geomagnetic storm hits Earth. UPDATE: The Northern ...

Recently, the Aditya-L1 mission captured a solar flare ‘kernel’ in the lower solar atmosphere. What is a solar flare? In ...

Antarctica in general is one of the coldest places on Earth, and the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station lies right at the heart of the continent. It was established in 1956 as part of the U.S. Navy’s ...

Have you ever played with a magnet and stuck it in a sandy wash? It will pick up lots of black stuff. Some call it black sand; some might think ...

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When we think of the Sun, we typically picture a glowing orb in space burning away at thousands of degrees Fahrenheit and casting light on the rest of the solar system that orbits it. But it is ...

Driving Earth’s tectonic plate movement and powering its magnetic field requires an immense amount of power. The energy is derived from the center of the Earth, but scientists are certain the ...

As we near the spring equinox, also known as the vernal equinox, on March 20, the Earth's magnetic field and solar wind align, creating an increased chance of seeing the colorful auroras in the ...

SOME preliminary results have been obtained from an investigation being undertaken at College, Alaska, concerning the correspondence of the Earth's magnetic field micropulsations 1 with pulsating ...