A series of three powerful flares and associated explosions of solar material out across the Solar System have set Earth ...

Astronomers say they spotted signs of a giant explosion releasing from a star beyond our solar system, one powerful enough to destroy a planet’s atmosphere.

It confirms that stars beyond our Solar System can unleash similar violent eruptions, bursts powerful enough to strip entire ...

If a star explodes in space and no one is around to see it, does it wreak a change on terrestrial evolution? Yes, maybe – if you're a microbe quietly minding your own business in Lake Tanganyika in ...

Unleashing IBM’s AI on NASA’s high-resolution data about our planet (and its sun) means we can better understand where we live.

Sure, we all know about the asteroid impact that is thought to have wiped out the dinosaurs, but did you know that the Earth has seen other, widely-destructive mass-extinction events? And ...

But most of the gold on Earth isn’t in our hands; it’s deep underground. During the planet’s formation, heavy elements like ...