The dark surface of Mercury has long baffled scientists, who have struggled to explain why the planet's surface reflects so little sunlight.
Avaneesh Pandey
Mar 31, 2015
Jupiter was believed to have acted like a wrecking ball to destroy inner planets in the early solar system, a new study suggests.
Kukil Bora
Mar 24, 2015
The source of cosmic emissions is at the forefront of the Planck 2014 conference.
Jeff Stone
Dec 02, 2014
The Competition Commission of India has put the merger deal between Lafarge and Holcim up for public scrutiny.
Aman Malik
Nov 22, 2014
A study has mapped the magnetic fields of the chondrule grains which came from a meteorite named Semarkona.
Kukil Bora
Nov 15, 2014
Friday’s solar flare, which was classified as an X3.1-class flare, originated from a gigantic sunspot.
Kukil Bora
Oct 25, 2014
Sunspots are comparatively cooler areas on the sun with powerful magnetic fields poking out through the sun's surface.
Kukil Bora
Oct 24, 2014
The flares eject clouds of electrons, ions and atoms through the sun's corona into space.
Kukil Bora
Oct 21, 2014
The images were captured in different wavelengths of light so they could highlight material of different temperatures on the sun.
Kukil Bora
Oct 04, 2014
Conditions in the early solar system would have made water formation impossible, according to a new study.
Philip Ross
Sep 26, 2014
A solar flare live stream will allow viewers to witness the sun's most recent solar flare for free online.
Philip Ross
Sep 11, 2014
A "transparent solar concentrator" from Michigan State University joins a handful of fledgling "solar glass" technologies.
Maria Gallucci
Aug 20, 2014
The Eunis rocket climbed almost 200 miles above the ground and examined a predetermined region of the sun.
Kukil Bora
Aug 02, 2014
If the 2012 solar event had been directed toward Earth, it would have triggered the worst geomagnetic storm in more than four centuries.
Kukil Bora
Jul 26, 2014
If Voyager 1 is still in the heliosphere, scientists will observe a reversal in the direction of the solar magnetic field before the end of 2015.
Kukil Bora
Jul 24, 2014
The new study found that the “feel-good” chemicals in UV light can cause dependence issues.
Treye Green
Jun 20, 2014
Don't expect too much solar activity.
Charles Poladian
Jun 10, 2014
The solar flares occurred Tuesday morning.
Charles Poladian
Jun 10, 2014
New research says the sun’s solar winds increase thunderstorms on Earth.
Philip Ross
May 15, 2014
A star born from the same cloud of gas and dust as the sun was recently discovered.
Philip Ross
May 10, 2014
Harmful radiation from a solar flare cannot physically affect humans because it can't penetrate the Earth's atmosphere.
Kukil Bora
May 09, 2014
"Deeper Deeper Deeper Still," Neil DeGrasse Tyson explores the origin of life, neutrinos and the most distant objects in the universe.
Charles Poladian
Apr 13, 2014