NASA launched Explorer 11, a satellite that contained the first gamma ray telescope to go to space. This marked the birth of space-based gamma ray astronomy. Gamma rays are a form of electromagnetic ...

The Inouye Solar Telescope just activated its most powerful instrument, VTF—a massive precision tool designed to unveil the ...

NOAA projected Saturday night’s northern lights would have a Kp index of 3, a measure of the aurora’s strength on a scale of ...

The sun might be responsible for light and life on Earth, but it can also be terrifying. The first image from the brand new Visible Tunable Filter (VTF) instrument at the Daniel K. Inouye Solar ...

NOAA is packed full of people who love science and chase the many ways their curiosity about our world helps us know who we ...

The strict North Korean regime has stripped the people of their power. Nobody gets in, and nobody gets out.

A study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters reveals new insights into the triggering mechanisms of solar ...

Colorful auroras could be visible in areas of the United States on Wednesday evening due to a solar storm, according to the National Weather Service’s Space Weather Prediction Center. The auroras ...

The Northern Lights could be visible in parts of the UK tonight as a 24-hour Geomagnetic Storm Watch alert has been issued ...

To transform your backyard into a cozy spot where you relax and get together with friends and family, outdoor lighting is a ...

In the great tug-of-war between the Sun and its planets, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus are much more susceptible to solar activities than scientists thought. Jupiter itself has an interesting reaction ...

Some people wrongly assumed that these were solar flares exploding from the sun. Experts later revealed that these were solar prominences — plasma plumes that tower above the sun but do not ...