Latest about Solar System
These 17th-century drawings of the sun by Kepler add fire to solar cycle mystery
Earth was cooler than usual in the 16th and 17th centuries and scientists are still trying to figure out why. New analysis of sunspot drawings by Kepler, in 1607, may shed some light.
Japan's ispace will fly a tiny European-built lunar rover to the moon this year (photo)
The Luxembourg-based subsidiary of Japanese space exploration firm ispace has finished building a micro lunar rover, which is now set to fly to the moon.
Here's what the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris look like from space (photos)
The 2024 Summer Olympics started Friday (July 26) in Paris with the opening ceremony highlighting historic landmarks along the Seine River, which can be seen in a new satellite image from space.
Watch a colossal X-class solar flare erupt from Earth-facing sunspot (video)
An X-flare erupted from the sun at 10:33 p.m. EDT on July 28 (0233 GMT July 29). Watch the action unfold here.
Earth's plate tectonics fired up hundreds of millions of years earlier than we thought, ancient crystals reveal
New research hints that plate tectonics began earlier than 4 billion years ago — not long after Earth had formed.
Earth is wobbling and days are getting longer — and humans are to blame
New studies, which utilized AI to monitor the effects of climate change on Earth's spin, have shown that our days are getting increasingly longer and that our planet will get more wobbly in the future. These changes could have major implications for humanity's future.
Sun blasts out most powerful flare of current solar cycle, sends massive coronal mass ejection into space (video)
A solar flare on July 23 was even bigger than a previous one that triggered May's global aurora storm, but this one was facing away from Earth on the far side of the sun.
These 2 US cities are the most vulnerable to solar storms, scientists say
Geomagnetic storm-induced blackouts may be looming.
