Jun 23, 2014 by News Staff

According to a team of researchers led by Dr Eamon Scullion of Trinity College Dublin, rains on the Sun are made of plasma and fall at about 200,000 km...

Jun 1, 2014 by News Staff

Astronomers using NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph have captured extraordinary footage of a colossal coronal mass ejection erupting...

May 17, 2014 by News Staff

How does lightning travel through the air? A new study led by Dr Chris Scott from the University of Reading, UK, suggests that high-energy particles accelerated...

May 12, 2014 by News Staff

Astronomers from the United States, Russia and Australia have discovered the first true solar sibling – HD 162826. HD 162826. Image credit: sky-map.org. HD...

Sep 6, 2013 by News Staff

The particles streaming into the Solar System from interstellar space have changed direction over the last forty years, says a group of astrophysicists...

Aug 29, 2013 by News Staff

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have identified the oldest solar twin known to date. This image shows the Sun-like star HIP 102152. Credit:...

Jul 9, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Researchers from the United States and Russia analyzing microwave and magnetic-field data from solar-dedicated facilities and spacecraft have reported...

Oct 16, 2012 by Natali Anderson

A team of researchers from three U.S. universities has suggested that the most likely source of the water locked inside lunar soils is the constant stream...

Aug 29, 2012 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array have detected molecules of glycolaldehyde – a simple form of sugar – in...

Apr 9, 2012 by News Staff

Scientists from the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, using images from NASA’s two Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO-A and STEREO-B)...