Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Thousands of years ago there lived a mighty king and his wonderful son, whom he doted on. The boy dressed in golden garments, and had a white horse who flew like the wind. He was loved by all, and ...

An artist’s impression of the far-future sun, swollen to become a red giant star, as seen from a molten Earth landscape. As summer settles in and temperatures climb in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s ...

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. But the Sun ...

Norse mythology portrays the Sun (Sól) as a feminine figure chased daily across the sky, representing a constant battle against destructive forces and highlighting the precarious balance between life ...

IT ALL seemed so simple when we knew the date of Earth’s demise. In 5 billion years from now, so the story went, the solar system will have dramatically transformed. Instead of being the benign ...

He works in mysterious ways.

In cosmic terms, humans may be uncomfortably like those pale, soft-bodied insects that live under stones and dare not venture into the open. For it is becoming increasingly apparent that man is not ...

The observations might explain why there are so few comets around the sun. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A comet visiting the ...

The collision of a comet with the Sun has been captured by instruments onboard NASA’s twin Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) satellites. Solar physicists at the University of California, ...