On Tuesday, aurora lights were seen as far south as Central Illinois. Northern lights are possible again on Wednesday as G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storming is forecast.

Night owls might have seen dashes of glowing color in the sky early Tuesday morning with the possible arrival of the Northern ...

Pictures may enliven us, but other data, such as information about magnetic fields, add a huge amount to our understanding of ...

Too much sun can do more than turn your skin red or brown—it can actually make you sick. Sun poisoning is an extreme form of sunburn. It doesn’t only affect your skin; it also causes an inflammatory ...

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share In its drive to sharply cut spending and shrink government, the Trump administration put for sale signs effectively on some of the federal government’s ...

The Blue Ghost lander photographs its shadow under the pale blue (overexposed) Earth after landing on the crater-pocked plains of Mare Crisium on Sunday, March 2. The probe will spend one lunar ...

Let’s get this out of the way—any scientist studying Uranus will tell you that they’re tired of the planet being the butt of ...

On a dynamic planet like Earth, it can be easy for drivers of change to go unnoticed – but scientists have now established and investigated an unexpected link between the Sun and our homeworld.

You can get in touch with Ian by emailing [email protected]. Languages: English. Heat from the Sun may play a role in triggering quakes here on Earth—a finding that could be used to improve ...

For six years, the Connecticut Sun knocked on the door of WNBA immortality. No matter their roster or postseason draw, the Sun made six straight trips to the WNBA semifinals, a streak eclipsed ...

India's first sun-studying spacecraft, Aditya-L1, has captured one of our star's fiery outbursts in new detail. From its vantage point about 1 million miles (1.5 million kilometers) from Earth ...