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The UK government is reportedly considering a £16 billion proposal to build a solar power station in space. By Jovana Radulovic Yes, you read that right. Space-based solar power is one of the technologies to feature in the government’s Net Zero...

China's first dedicated observatory for thorough solar investigation will launch from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on October 9. 

For the first time ever, astronomers have astrophysical evidence that Jupiter and other planets in the solar system will survive the death of the Sun.  By Dimitri Veras How will the Solar System die? It’s a hugely important question that researchers...

NASA's Artemis 1 confirms the launching of its first moon mission after facing cancelations, Congressional hearings, COVID-19, and other technical delays. NASA's decades-long push is to have a launch slated in late August or early September at its Kennedy Space...

A huge sunspot that has doubled in size in just 24 hours now faces Earth, threatening to send a solar flare our way. The sunspot known as AR3038 has been growing in size recently, and footage from NASA's Solar Dynamics...

The summer solstice, or the longest day of the year, was celebrated by ancient cultures across the world, including the Ancient Greeks. In fact, celebrations of the longest day of the year go all the way back to the Stone...

While civilized society was just learning to use the wheel on earth, ancient Greeks were aiming at celestial space and the stars.

Ancient Greek scientists and mathematicians in ancient Greece made some of the most significant astronomical discoveries centuries ago.

A solar storm -- which occurs when solar wind shock waves or clouds of magnetic field interact with the Earth’s own magnetic field -- may be on its way toward Earth on Sunday. The storm, which could emit solar flares...

A spacecraft touched the Sun for the first time in history on Tuesday. NASA's Parker Solar Probe made it to the Sun's upper atmosphere, collecting samples of particles and magnetic fields from the star that gives our planet life. The...