Scientists have made groundbreaking progress in understanding the dazzling auroras that light up the night sky. Using NASA’s KiNET-X experiment, researchers simulated auroral conditions by releasing ...

What happens at the particle level when aurora lights dance in rapid, shape-shifting arcs. An experiment called KiNET-X found ...

NASA received a beacon tone from Parker Solar Probe on Dec. 27, 2024, after the spacecraft emerged from behind the sun three ...

The Quadrantids might be one of the strongest showers this year, but poor weather could make them difficult to see.

The Parker Solar Probe zoomed by the sun on Tuesday during a record-breaking flyby, coming within 3.8 million miles of the ...

The Ursid meteor shower is an annual celestial event caused by Earth passing through debris left behind by Comet 8P/Tuttle ..

As the end of the year draws close, skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere ... Baskill, a physics and astronomy lecturer at ...

Some stargazers are calling it a planetary parade: Every other planet in our solar system can be seen in the sky tonight.

Photographers have managed to capture stunning displays of the Geminid meteor shower, which lit up the night sky across parts of England. The celestial spectacle, which returns every December and is ...

When 3:20 p.m. April 8 arrived and darkness enshrouded our city, many became quiet in a shared moment of awe and solemnity.

Peaking on the night of December 21 and 22, the spectacle perfectly aligns with the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere ... the trail of debris left behind by Comet 8P/Tuttle.

THE 'once-in-a-decade' auroras are set to continue into 2025 after a blockbuster year for Northern Lights sightings ... McGrath, an associate professor of physics and astronomy at Colby College ...