(CNN) — A newly released image of the sun captured by the world’s largest solar telescope shows the surface of our nearest star in unprecedented detail, shedding light on its fiery complexity.

(CNN) — A newly released image of the sun captured by the world’s largest solar telescope shows the surface of our nearest star in unprecedented detail, shedding light on its fiery complexity.

and stellar radiation it ejects across the solar system. These solar storms routinely produce colorful atmospheric auroras on Earth, but especially intense events can wreak havoc on satellites and ...

The discoveries are helping them better classify different TNOs and understand the complex chemical reactions in space that may relate to the formation of our solar system and the origin of life.

Our solar system consists of four small, rocky, inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars) and four large, gaseous, outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune).

drenching Earth and the entire solar system in a flood of electrons, protons, and helium nuclei. But this isn't a smooth breeze—it's a turbulent river with fast and slow currents that spark ...

SALINAS, Calif. (KION) -- A ribbon cutting unveiled the second in a line of solar projects between the County of Monterey and Mynt Systems. The county of Monterey is continuing its efforts to go green ...

PARIS, France (AFP) — Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising “hints” of potential life on a planet beyond our solar system, though other scientists ...

Scientists have found what they are calling the "strongest sign yet" of possible life beyond our solar system on a planet called K2-18 B.

Credit A. Smith, N. Madhusudhan (University of Cambridge). Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they remain cautious.