Dr Mason says: “In the high Arctic, Greenland and Iceland, cloud cover is at least 80 per cent and, in many places, over 90 ...

Harvey joined the National Solar Observatory in 1969 and led the team that developed GONG, the Global Oscillation Network Group. Six of the instruments are now spaced across the Earth.

Solar storms that fling magnetism across the solar system can knock out satellites, power grids, communication and navigation ...

Why the chromosphere? According to a 2024 article by the National Solar Observatory in the US, the Sun’s chromosphere is “one of the most mysterious objects in astrophysics”.

Do I need special eclipse goggles? Yes. The US National Solar Observatory says: “During totality, you may view the sun without proper eye protection, such as solar glasses.

U-M astronomers are helping study a fast-moving, ancient, and massive comet that formed beyond our galaxy. A group of ...

A new image has revealed the clearest glimpse yet of an interstellar visitor zipping through our solar system.

Greenwich’s iconic Planetarium will close for two years as part of a huge project to regenerate the Royal Observatory.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — John Sandusky, a scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, believes he has found a way to put heliostats, which typically turn solar energy into electricity, to work in the ...

Astronomers predict that the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which begins surveying the night sky this year, could spot dozens more interstellar objects over the next decade.

Castel Gandolfo is also home to one of the Holy See’s more unexpected institutions: the Vatican Observatory, which since its ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another star. NASA and the European Space Agency released ...