On Jan. 31, 1958, Explorer 1 became the first satellite launched by the United States. Its primary science instrument, a ...

A solar storm is a catchall term that describes any disturbance in the sun that involves the violent ejection of solar material into space. This can come in the form of coronal mass ejections, where ...

Our Sun, that steady burning ball of gas that has faithfully illuminated Earth for billions of years, is slowly but relentlessly growing brighter. This might sound like good news, but it's actually ...

Earth's cosmic neighbourhood is more dynamic than imagined, hosting temporary 'mini-moons' captured by gravity and ...

Earth, now 4.5 billion years old, has reached middle age. Scientists explain how the Sun will shape its future and why studying Earth matters for human survival.

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Not all of the solar system’s building blocks formed simultaneously. Some of the first solid bodies, or planetesimals, formed in the first million years after the Sun was born. Others, including the ...