Which way is ‘down’ has a different answer depending on where you are on Earth, in the solar system, in our galaxy and beyond ...

The sun may too bright and too powerful for us to look at with the naked eye, even from nearly 92 million miles away on Earth, but a solar orbiter recently got an unprecedented up-close glimpse of the ...

The Connecticut Sun are officially in the offseason since the team didn’t make the playoffs in 2025. After a forgettable campaign, this is a crucial time for the team to organize their offense and ...

Monday’s solar eclipse was incredible because the sky was very clear and observers could see the darkness of the moon and the bright white light of the sun’s corona, said Justin Kasper, chief of ...

Joseph DeMartini's SUnward NEO Surveillance and Early Twilight detection (SUNSET) Collaboration proposes detailed surveys during twilight to detect near-Earth objects headed toward Earth from the ...

While Earth spins in the same direction as the sun, that's not the case for every planet in the solar system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Avi Loeb's new study of 3I/ATLAS reveals a 7.1-hour rotation and a bizarre solar alignment, raising questions about the ...

The sun rises and sets every day. We plan our lives around it. It's ironic, then, that "we know so little about the star at the center of our solar system," says Matina Gkioulidou, a space physicist ...

This view is just part of a new, high-resolution image of the sun's full surface captured by the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) on the Solar Orbiter spacecraft. Screenshot. ESA & NASA / ...