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 ...

As summer settles in and temperatures climb in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s impossible to forget just how much the sun affects life on our planet. It’s overwhelmingly the source of all our light and ...

In a startling revelation, recent research has shown that Earth’s energy imbalance—the difference between the heat Earth absorbs from the sun and the heat it radiates back into space—has more than ...

Extreme weather can have major implications on the health and development of young children due in part to the instability it can bring. Families have to change their routines to stave off the effects ...

How do you measure climate change? One way is by recording temperatures in different places over a long period of time. While this works well, natural variation can make it harder to see longer-term ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Summer is here, and while many of us enjoy soaking up the sun, excessive sun exposure can be dangerous for kids. "Big things are to avoid the peak times when the sun is at its ...

An artificial intelligence model trained on NASA satellite imagery can forecast what the sun will look like hours into the future – even predicting the appearance of solar flares that may warn of ...

The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond during the long days of summer. By Jacey Fortin This article was updated ...

Steven Sherwood receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Mindaroo Foundation. Benoit Meyssignac receives funding from the European Commission, the European Space Agency and the ...