Need some good news on a Friday after a long week? The Earth may not be engulfed by the expanding fireball of the dying sun, ...

The Sun is the engine of life on Earth. It provides heat, light, and the energy that drives every ecosystem on the planet.

Earlier this year, Earth experienced two geomagnetic storms caused by outbursts of radiation from the Sun, which had an impact on satellites in space and communication systems on the ground. As it ...

Across Earth, every night, thousands of automated stargazers are waiting to take pictures of shooting stars. I am one of the scientists who study these meteors. Most movies and news alerts focus on ...

When the sun eventually expires and swells to engulf Earth, might the remnants of landfill and deeply buried nuclear waste be recycled to form the star dust that will become new p ...

Earth may owe some of its properties to a nearby star that blew up just as the solar system was forming. This pattern, which saw a supernova bubble envelop the sun and shower it with cosmic rays, may ...

For years, it's been believed that the sun will expand in five billion years, swallowing our planet in the process. However, a new study suggests that this might not be the case after all.

At the start of the year, Earth will quietly reach a milestone in its orbit around the sun. Known as perihelion, this is the moment when our planet is closer to the sun than at any other point in the ...