A twisting, whirling streamer of plasma escaping the sun in the aftermath of a coronal mass ejection (CME) has been captured ...

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The first solar eclipse ... the-dark art can help kids appreciate this celestial event. One of the most important lessons to teach kids is that looking directly at the sun—even during an eclipse ...

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UK stargazers were treated to a partial solar eclipse on Saturday morning, a phenomenon that sees the sun partially obscured ...

One million alien visitors from another star system could already be lurking in the solar system ... the closest star to Earth other than the sun, Proxima Centauri, and an unknown number of ...

Carbon dioxide has been detected on a planet outside our solar system for the first time ... “It’s like putting your thumb in front of the sun when you look at the sky,” Balmer said.

but it is an opportunity to take a break from worldly matters and witness our place in the solar system. During the eclipse, the moon will appear to take a bite out of the sun, but how much varies ...

Using the physics governing our single-sun solar system, he simulated interstellar activity in Alpha Centauri, a solar system with three suns. "We know from our own solar system that giant planets ...