For the dwarf planet candidate, one trip around the sun takes over 24,000 years. Its orbit challenges a proposed path for a hypothetical Planet Nine.

Scientists have discovered the real reason Mars turned into a dry, barren desert, and it’s pretty shocking. A long time ago, ...

NASA is preparing to map the boundary where the solar wind meets interstellar space in its Interstellar Mapping and ...

MIT physicists have demonstrated a new form of magnetism that could one day be harnessed to build faster, denser, and less ...

Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, shifting tectonic plates—these are all signs that our planet is alive. But what is revealed ...

The universe is soaked in weak-but-persistent magnetic fields. Despite decades of research, astronomers still aren't exactly ...

The magnetized rocks of Earth's crust and mantle, also known as the upper lithosphere, accounts for generating 6 percent of ...

A geomagnetic storm that was forecast to produce streaks of colorful light across much of the country was weaker than expected.

Mars' core formed within just a few million years, scientists say compared to the hundreds of millions or even billions of ...

The northern lights could be making a return to the Susquehanna Valley overnight! The News 8 Storm Team has the updated ...

With current projections showing a Kp index near 7 to 8 Sunday night into early Monday, parts of the U.S., including possibly the Carolinas, could catch a glimpse of the northern lights (aurora ...

The speedy solar storm arrived in style, sparking stunning aurora displays as far south as California and New Mexico.