Solar system

There is a 15 percent chance of X-class solar flares on Wednesday, and a 40 percent chance of M-class flares.

Europa is thought to have a hidden subsurface ocean of salty liquid water, which scientists believe may harbor the conditions suitable for life.

Newly discovered approaching comet C/2023 P1, or Nishimura, had its tail blown away by a coronal mass ejection on September 2.

The meteor most likely burned up in the atmosphere before it reached the ground, a scientist told Russian state media.

Scientists have noticed that the disappearance and reappearance of clouds on Neptune may be correlated with the sun's solar cycle.

This comet was only discovered on August 11 by amateur astronomer Hideo Nishimura, and is getting brighter in the sky as it approaches the Earth and sun.

The launch of the Psyche spacecraft to its namesake asteroid is due this October, and will only arrive at its Asteroid Belt location in 2029.

An X1.6-class solar flare was explelled from the sun on August 5, followed by an X1.5-class one on August 7, both of which caused radio blackouts.

The CME was detected on the far side of the sun traveling at 3.4 million mph, a speed that indicates the CME may have been very powerful.

The mechanism behind the northern lights could be universal throughout our solar system.

Cannibal coronal mass ejections are when a faster-moving plume of solar plasma catches up and engulfs a slower preceding CME.

The shower is one of the most spectacular celestial events of the year. Here's how you can view the cosmic display in the coming weeks.

The discovery has implications in the search for potential signs of life on the Red Planet, researchers said.

You can watch the asteroid as it approaches our planet in real-time online via a livestream provided by the Virtual Telescope Project.

The solar flare was categorized as an X1.08-class flare, making it one of the most powerful classes of flare to be ejected from the sun.

X-class is the most powerful type of solar flare, 1 million times stronger than a nuclear bomb.

Skygazers will be able to see the Galilean satellites clearly if they are treated with clear skies.

The asteroid, named 488453 (1994 XD), is due to pass the Earth at a speed of around 48,000 mph.

A new asteroid has been discovered orbiting the Earth, interacting only weakly with the planet in a way that classifies the object as a "quasi-moon".

Three of the asteroids are due to fly by our home planet at distances of around 4 million miles, while one will approach nearly as close as the moon.

High-definition images of sunspots on the sun's surface show the dark spots dotted with tiny pinpricks of light called umbral dots.

The sunspot, named AR3310, is so large that viewers don't need magnification to see it.

A plume of solar protons spat out by the sun has accelerated towards the Earth, and were funneled down into the polar regions by our magnetic field.

The Eta Aquariid meteor shower is due to peak on May 6 as the Earth passed through the particles left behind by Halley's comet centuries ago.

The asteroid, which is called 2023 HV5, will fly past the Earth on Wednesday at around 10 times the speed of a bullet being fired.

The northern lights were spotted as far south as California due to a severe G4 geomagnetic storm pummeling Earth's atmosphere and magnetic field.

Mercury also has a tail that streams out behind it as it gets close to the sun, but is only visible with a special filter that shows the glow of sodium.

The solar eclipse will appear as an annular eclipse for portions of the moon shadow's journey, and a total eclipse at others, due to the curvature of the Earth.

Rogue planets that float freely through space without a star to orbit are very difficult for astronomers to detect.

The eruption from Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann was unique, as scientists had predicted it based on the comet's brightness.