On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut ...

The Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy about 200,000 light-years from the solar system, can be seen with the naked eye ...

ESA’s Gaia mission ends after 12 years, having mapped 2 billion stars and reshaped astronomy. Its data will fuel discoveries ...

Space experts are watching a sunspot region known as AR4046 which recently produced a significant solar flare and coronal mass ejection that had the potential to be as significant as the solar storm ...

The UK will be treated to a rare celestial event today with a partial Solar Eclipse. An eclipse takes place when the Moon ...

A small star just over four light-years from Earth has just made a very big statement. In a groundbreaking new study, ...

Only a few years ago, astronomers heralded the discovery of a rocky world circling the sun 's closest space neighbor, Proxima ...

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Another chance to catch the northern lights is sweeping across parts of the US tonight, as geomagnetic storms continue to ...

Even if the specific monthly peak of the cycle has passed, it doesn't mean solar activity is over. Strong solar activity ...

Auroras occur when solar flares interact with the magnetic field of a planet. They have been detected on Jupiter, Saturn, and ...

Use the best solar binoculars to get a better look at the upcoming partial solar eclipse on March 29 while protecting your ...