A rare group of aligned, star-birthing dwarf galaxies resemble a cosmic string of pearls. Astronomers have discovered a rare ...

Learn more› By Kaitlyn Wells and Zoe Vanderweide If you believe the hype, blue-light blocking glasses will prevent headaches, decrease eyestrain, and help you sleep like a baby. But do they work?

In new research, physicists have theorized a bold way to change it up by entangling two particles of very different kinds – a unit of light, or a photon, with a phonon, the quantum equivalent of a ...

trace the origin of the solar wind (a continuous flow of material escaping the Sun), and discover how energetic particles are accelerated to near light speed," the agency said. Dr Nicola Fox ...

trace the origin of the solar wind (a constant flow of material escaping the Sun), and discover how energetic particles are accelerated to half the speed of light. “The data is so important for the ...

that brought widespread northern and southern lights to low latitudes. This gave millions around the world their first view of the aurora. In October, high levels of solar activity once again ...

A coronal mass ejection (CME) that left the sun on Dec. 23 is headed toward Earth -- which may prompt Northern Lights on Christmas ... US on Dec. 25 following a solar flare that spewed a coronal ...

This Christmas Day, the skies may add to the festive cheer with a display of auroras, thanks to a blob of charged particles enroute to deliver a "glancing blow" to our planet following a powerful ...

On December 24, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe attempted to “touch” the sun and emerge unscathed. The closest approach ever made by a human-made object to our nearest star saw the spacecraft come ...

Artist’s concept of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun. Launched in 2018, the ... [+] probe is increasing our ability to forecast major space-weather events that impact life ...

Solar flares are sudden bursts of radiation and light that travel at the speed of light, causing near-immediate impacts such as radio communication disruptions. When flares ionize the Earth's ...

Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow might be enough to brighten some homes this holiday season. But others are adorned with thousands of blinking lights synched to blasting music. Resident Bryan Cobb ...