A new study reveals an intriguing possibility: asupernova explosion might have sent a surge of cosmic rays toward Earth ...

Study finds evidence of a possible star explosion 10 million years ago by discovering unusually high levels of cosmic rays in ...

Every year, our planet makes one full trip around the Sun. And while that means we’re already moving at breakneck speeds, we’re about to ramp that speed up. Like, way up! Let’s turn Earth into a ...

The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get ...

New research suggests that technological civilizations in the Milky Way are extremely rare, with the closest potentially 33,000 light-years away. According to new research presented at the ...

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...

The sun is in its most active phase—solar summer—causing auroras and posing real risks to satellites, GPS, and power systems on Earth.