After weeks of relative quiet, the Sun has erupted with a series of powerful solar flares, signaling a return to more active space weather conditions. Over the weekend, three M-class solar flares were ...

TRACERS will watch magnetic field lines snapping and reconnecting as solar storms overwhelm them. NASA's TRACERS mission blasted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday (July 23 ...

Space weather forecasters are watching for faint CMEs that could reach Earth later this week. After more than three weeks without a powerful solar flare, the sun has suddenly ramped up its activity, ...

When the balance in reflectivity shifts, “the whole circulation of the climate will shift in order to transport energy from ...

An asteroid just flew closer to Earth than many satellites, according to space agencies. The space object, named 2025 TF, ...

Embarking on a new chapter of private space exploration, the Polaris Dawn mission is poised to make history this week by launching four private citizens into ultrahigh orbit and attempting the first ...

Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and timekeepers. July 10 was the shortest day of the year so far, lasting 1.36 ...

Asteroid 2025 TF flew past Earth at an altitude similar to that of the International Space Station, but was not spotted by astronomers until hours after it was gone. Photo courtesy European Space ...

Two rocket launches with satellites by Space X and United Launch Alliance are scheduled for Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Central Florida.

A SpaceX rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base lit up the misty Southern California sky on Wednesday night. The Starlink mission successfully took off in its 10:05 p.m. window, according to ...