Earth and its neighbors orbit the sun on a relatively flat plane. But what's below this plane, and is anythign below the ...

When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, is a key spot for astronomers to study star formation.

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about ...

From the deck of a ship or the window of a plane, it feels obvious that “down” points toward Earth and “up” points toward the ...

The Southern Lights may be visible from South Africa this evening with the right equipment, as a solar storm is expected to ...

It looks like a sapphire jewel in space, but HD 189733bis anything but serene. With winds reaching seven times the speed of ...

The Northern Lights could return to Northern California on Monday. A coronal mass ejection, known as a CME, arrived from the ...

Earth's magnetic field was struck by a "severe" solar storm Monday (Jan. 19), triggering vibrant auroras in the U.S. and ...

Sweeping winds of vaporized metals have been found in a massive cloud that dimmed the light of a star for nearly nine months.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Cold and dry conditions will stick around through Tuesday morning. The coldest period will be early Monday, when wind chills could drop into the 10- to 15-degree range, especially ...