Researchers have developed a new coronagraph that could make it possible to see distant exoplanets obscured by light from their parent stars.

The Webb telescope — a scientific collaboration between NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency — is designed to peer into ...

The planet’s elusive aurorae are much colder than expected, which is how they evaded detection for so long.

Ultraviolet (UV) light can severely damage the eyes, contributing to conditions such as cataracts, photokeratitis, and age-related macular degeneration. UVA and UVB rays are particularly harmful ...

Mercury Scout would also employ a sun shade for protection versus the fierce solar intensity near Mercury. The mission would take advantage of NASA's Advanced Solar Sail Concept. The mission uses ...

Astronomers study these objects by looking at all kinds of light. X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/Univ Mexico/S. Estrada-Dorado et al.; Ultraviolet: NASA/JPL; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI (M. Meixner)/NRAO (T.A.

Astronomers had observed auroras on all other planets in the Solar System, and spotting one in Neptune completes the list.

Stunning imagery from outer space shows the power of the Sun, with a massive solar flare and coronal mass ejection erupting from the giant star’s surface, but space experts say there is no need to ...

The solar wind. Image: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/Metis & EUI Teams, V. Andretta and P. Romano/INAF Behold, the piping host particles of solar wind streaming from our Sun, caught in new footage from ...

According to NASA, one must use certified eclipse glasses or a handheld solar viewer at all times while looking at the Sun. (Pixabay - representational image) This one’s going to be a partial ...

It is believed that solar eclipses are inauspicious as the sun is not seen ... While Ayurveda believes the earth exerts influence on the human body, and as the levels of ultraviolet rays are high, the ...

A partial solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves between the sun and Earth but the celestial bodies aren’t completely aligned, according to NASA ... infrared and ultraviolet light, according ...