On Jan. 31, 1958, Explorer 1 became the first satellite launched by the United States. Its primary science instrument, a cosmic ray detector, was designed to measure the radiation environment in Earth ...

The sun has just fired off an eruption so intense it ranks among the most powerful solar flares seen in three decades, a jolt ...

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A solar storm is a catchall term that describes any disturbance in the sun that involves the violent ejection of solar ...

The Earth is apparently halfway through its lifecycle, and this was revealed using an unlikely neighbour in space – and it ...

The photo, shared by NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center on X, shows our planet silhouetted by the solar corona. The image was taken by GOES-19, the newest in the Geostationary Operational ...

From this past July to our upcoming January, Earth gets nearly 2 million miles closer to the sun. At the same time, average highs in Colorado Springs and Pueblo go from 86 and 93 degrees to 45 and 48 ...

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Richard Carrington’s name has long been connected with the most intense solar storm ever recorded, but his face was unknown until a lost portrait surfaced.

Coronagraphs are telescopes equipped with an occulting disk to block out the overwhelming radiation emanated from the visible surface of the Sun, along with optical stops and filters that are ...

University of Texas Arlington provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Right now, you’re zooming through space at incredible speeds. As just one of all the living creatures on Earth, ...