This stunning light show was triggered by a G4 geomagnetic storm caused by a plume of solar plasma ejected from the sun.

A NASA spacecraft has set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth.

NASA explains how a 'ring of fire' annular solar eclipse occurs and how it differs from a total solar eclipse. WARNING: ...

A panoramic mosaic, which has been enlarged 600 times, highlights the structures of a spiral galaxy along with 260 sightings ...

A new 208-gigapixel cosmic map, capturing 132 square degrees of the Southern Sky, was unveiled, marking the start of a ...

Europa Clipper is designed to reach the Jupiter system in April 2030 and spend four years making close flybys of Europa, one ...

Due to launch in the early 2030s, NASA’s DAVINCI mission will investigate whether Venus — a sweltering world wrapped in an ...

Using laser scans and GPS cameras, accurate down to one inch, the U.S. Geological Survey has so far mapped more than 600 ...

In the search for life beyond Earth, scientists have traveled to distant locations — Antarctica and its ice sheets, Chile and ...

A rare deluge of rain has created new lakes in the rolling sand dunes of parts of the Sahara Desert, after it was hit with ...

NASA explains that, as the second large moon ... it really does have the ingredients to form and sustain life; and to map Europa's geology, looking for signs of recent tectonic activity ...

While the current active solar cycle is in full force, measured as an 11-year period, the sun continues to unleash strong ...