Step aside, Darth Vader. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Joint EUV Coronal Diagnostic Investigation, ...

Lightning can be used to probe Earth’s dynamic Van Allen radiation belts, directly connecting terrestrial weather and space ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern ...

It’s notoriously difficult to predict when the sun will belch out a large solar flare — an explosive burst of radiation that directly affects Earth’s atmosphere.

"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.

The gas giant WASP-121b, also known as Tylos, has an atmospheric structure unlike any we have ever seen, and the fastest ...

Space weather. It refers to how solar eruptions affect Earth. The Earth's magnetic field deflects most of this energy, but ...

The Valentine's Day northern lights will largely be visible in Canada and Alaska, but a few northern-most states may see the ...

With HiT&MiS deployed in Sweden, physics Ph.D. student Charmi Patel '24 will use it to monitor the northern lights, as seen ...

There are a number of compelling reasons to catch the looming March 13-14 total lunar eclipse, which will be visible in the ...

"Even the strongest hurricanes in the solar system seem calm in comparison." ...

A recent study has unveiled how chemical elements and powerful winds shape the atmosphere of a planet far beyond our solar system.