Nearly two centuries after Faraday's failed attempts, scientists have demonstrated that Earth's continuous spin can directly ...

Learn what planet rains molten iron and which planet has two moons like Tatooine in Star Wars.

Blazing through space at 430,000 mph, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is making its closest dive into the Sun yet—today.

You may have noticed the large painted numbers (or alphanumeric in some cases) on either end of the runways. Have you ever ...

Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams returned home safely on March 18 after being stranded on the International ...

The magnetic north pole is not in the same location as the geographic north pole, which is located 1,300 miles away.

Mars is the Red Planet, but turns out the moon has the makings of a reddish cast, too. Yes, scientists have found rust on the moon. The question is: why?

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are gearing up to return toE Earth on Tuesday after an unexpected nine months aboard the ISS, ...

Most of the time, the Earth and Sun’s magnetic fields are misaligned, leaving our planet’s field less open to the aurora-causing effects of the solar wind. However, towards the equinox, the two fields ...

Stars are fluid, with the nuclear furnace at their core driving churning motions that generate a magnetic field (just as the ...

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