With advance warning, however, steps can be taken to reduce the risks. If an electrical grid is running near capacity, for example, and a solar storm has been detected, operators can restrict the flow ...

American space agency NASA announced this week the counter showing the number of confirmed exoplanets has now reached over 6,000.

This giant protective bubble, created by the Sun's solar wind, extends far beyond the orbit of Neptune and shields life in our solar system from harmful cosmic radiation and high-energy particles.

Material collected from an asteroid via spacecraft closely matches the heavier elements of the sun, providing scientists with ...

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are ...

A research team led by geophysicists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides an explanation for ...

The solar system holds extraordinary wonders, from Voyager 1’s historic journey into interstellar space after traveling ...

The findings suggest Earth’s geological story was partly written in the stars – specifically, in the spiral arms of our home ...

CBS News looked at the cost of producing coal, gas, nuclear, wind and solar energy to determine which is the cheapest.

A research team led by geophysicists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides an explanation for ...

On Sept. 21-22, a partial solar eclipse will see the moon sweep over the sun's disk, blocking its light over a swathe of the ...

Three celestial bodies are about to meet up for one night in September in a conjunction that should be widely visible in the U.S. – including Florida.