Earth is now closer to the sun than at any other time of the year. Here's why our planet's axial tilt, not proximity to the ...

The Sun is one of the most important parts of our little circle of life. In fact, you could say that pretty much all known life on Earth relies on the Sun in some shape, form, or fashion.

And if one happens, it could fry our communications satellites and earth-bound power grid. "We were very surprised that sun-like stars are prone to such frequent superflares," said study lead ...

The sun may influence Earth's climate, but it is not causing climate change. The sun may be the key to all life on Earth, but it is not the reason global temperatures have been rapidly rising in ...

As the last big solar storm to hit Earth was 165 years ago, we might be in line for another soon, but it is uncertain how similar the sun is to these other stars. While direct measurements of the ...

If pointed toward Earth, these storms could prove to be disastrous. To investigate the likelihood of a superflare being produced by our sun, the researchers behind the new study used NASA's Kepler ...

A new moon occurs when the moon is directly between Earth and the sun, with its shadowed side pointing towards us. You can see a new moon when it crosses the face of the sun during a solar eclipse.

The eruption occurred from the sun's farside and has no Earth-directed components. Slower CMEs often take two to three days to arrive whereas if this CME had been Earth-directed it would have ...

That has led to a run of displays of the northern lights, as those eruptions from the Sun interact with the Earth’s atmosphere and lead to stunning displays in the sky. That could happen this ...

Instead, however, we can monitor the behaviour of thousands of stars very similar to the sun over short periods of time.' The scientists recorded the data from 56,450 Earth-like stars seen by NASA ...

The findings suggest that our sun might produce superflares at a similar rate. And if one happens, it could fry our communications satellites and earth-bound power grid. "We were very surprised ...