Along with launching two NASA probes, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried five other satellites into orbit with goals ranging from basic science to technology development.

The sun's solar wind effects the Earth every day, from auroras to satellite disruption.; Scientists at UW-Madison have built a miniature sun they call the Big Red Ball.; While not a substitute for ...

A new study by physicists mimicked solar winds in the lab, confirming how they develop and providing an Earth-bound model for the future study of solar physics. The sun's solar wind affects nearly ...

The moon's thin atmosphere, called an exosphere, has been a puzzle to science for some time. Two main processes were thought ...

The "corpse" of a sunspot exploded Monday (April 11), triggering a mass ejection of solar material that is headed in Earth's direction.

All these solar-disaster predictions are a bit like worries over the Mayan calendar’s ending in 2012. Yes, sun storms are happening. But no, they’re not going to bring Armageddon, or rapture ...

Recent observations have revealed carbon monoxide venting from the largest comet ever seen, providing clues about its origins ...

Why Earth is not an ice ball: Possible explanation for faint young sun paradox Date: May 30, 2012 ... When a planet system or solar system forms there is no knowledge of how long they will be stable.

New research suggests that heightened solar activity shortens the lifespans of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites, and may send them careening back to Earth at greater velocities.Perhaps unintuitively ...

The "corpse" of a sunspot exploded Monday (April 11), triggering a mass ejection of solar material that is headed in Earth's direction. The sun explosion comes courtesy of a dead sunspot called ...