A moderately strong M1.5 solar flare erupted from AR 2887 at 01:45 UTC on November 1, 2021. The event started at 00:57 and ended at 02:10 UTC. It was associated with a Type II Radio Emission at...
NASA said on Monday that its mission to deflect an asteroid in deep space using a spacecraft is targeting a late November launch. Known as the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, the U.S. space agency will...
Astronomers estimate the Moon drifting farther away from Earth each year could one day leave the planet unstable. Formed about 4.5 billion years ago, the Moon has been steadily creeping away though at varying speeds....
A moderately strong solar flare measuring M4.7 at its peak erupted from geoeffective Active Region 2860 at 06:15 UTC on August 28, 2021. The event started at 05:39 and ended at 06:23 UTC. The flare event follows...
SOLAR STORMS have the potential to cripple Earth's technology and scientists are sounding the alarm bells on the "extreme" threat that could head our way from space. A major solar storm has not struck the planet...
Solar Cycle 25 is heating up faster than expected. The latest sign may be found in sunspot counts from July 2021. Continuing a trend that started last year, they overperform the official forecast. Issued by the NOAA/NASA...
People across Texas saw a meteor light up the night sky and the fireball was caught on camera. A meteor that was streaking through the skies near Austin last night, was seen by people across North...
AN ASTEROID bigger than Edinburgh Castle is heading towards Earth's orbit on Saturday, NASA warns. The massive asteroid, about the size of a stadium, is hurtling towards Earth and will soar past on July 24. It is...
SOLAR WINDS travelling at speeds of a million miles an hour are expected to batter the planet this weekend and could trigger a geomagnetic storm above Earth. Space weather forecasters have warned a stream of charged particles...
A STREAM of radiation from the biggest solar flare seen in years was responsible for a tech blackout this weekend, astronomers have announced. The "significant" solar flare was detected on the Sun on July 3 and...