For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an ...

Earth's atmosphere is much more sensitive to ripples of radiation from the sun than scientists previously believed, new ...

Scientists have unveiled an enormous gas cloud just 300 light-years from the solar system that measures about full 40 moons ...

Serving nine UC campuses and two national laboratories, Lick Observatory continues to be at the forefront of groundbreaking ...

The Hubble Space Telescope time-lapse captured footage of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Credit: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, ...

Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...

NASA, NOAA: Sun Reaches Maximum Phase in 11-Year Solar Cycle Oct. 15, 2024 — Experts have announced that the Sun has reached its solar maximum period, which could continue for the next year.

The energy source behind both quasars and microquasars is the spin of the black hole itself. As they gradually give up this ...

The rotating model, which does not break any known law of physics, suggests the universe could spin around once every 500 billion years. This would be far too slowly to detect easily, but enough to ...

fast-to build nature of solar power can transform electricity systems at an unprecedented rate”. However, Ember cautioned that updated system planning and regulatory frameworks are essential ...

But that storm system will then become stationary, leading to the possibility of more than 6 inches of rain into Thursday. The weather service called it "a life-threatening, catastrophic ...