Unprecedented simulations show the formation of space tornadoes capable of causing strong geomagnetic storms around Earth, ...

Researchers discover hidden solar tornadoes that can disrupt Earth's systems - revealing why current space weather warnings ...

Scientists who know an awful lot more than us have determined what year we can expect the demise of our planet to take place ...

Humanity's drive to explore has taken us across the solar system, with astronaut boots, various landers and rovers' wheels ...

Those space tornadoes can still harm Earth’s electrical grids and digital systems. Recently, researchers including UM climate ...

Spirals of solar wind can spin off larger solar eruptions and disrupt Earth's magnetic field, yet they are too difficult to detect with our current single-location warning system, according to a new ...

A new University of Michigan study offers one of the most detailed pictures so far of how violent sun storms spread across ...

Use cases for smart materials in space exploration keep cropping up everywhere. They are used in everything from antenna ...

For the study, the researchers modeled the influence of “flux ropes,” which are relatively smaller, tornado-like spirals of plasma and magnetic fields on the Sun. These ropes typically aren’t strong ...

This comet is best seen through a telescope or binoculars, but it may be visible to the unaided eye this week!

CO₂ ice blocks on Mars may dig gullies as they slide and sublimate in the thin atmosphere. In lab experiments, scientists ...

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has sparked global attention after warning the public to 'take vacations before October 29', claiming NASA is concealing key data about a mysterious interstellar object ...