If your GPS has been acting funny, take it up with the sun. Our star has…
Author: New Scientist - Space
The sun just belched out the strongest solar flare in 12 years
If your GPS has been acting funny, take it up with the sun. Our star has…
Jupiter’s powerful aurora is surprisingly different from Earth’s
We always assumed that auroras on Jupiter were caused by the same process that bring the…
Jupiter’s powerful aurora is surprisingly different from Earth’s
We always assumed that auroras on Jupiter were caused by the same process that bring the…
Some of Uranus’s small moons are doomed to collide
The first measurement of the mass of a small Uranian moon suggests it will be obliterated…
Some of Uranus’s small moons are doomed to collide
The first measurement of the mass of a small Uranian moon suggests it will be obliterated…
Asteroid Florence buzzes Earth in closest fly-by since 1890
A 4.4-kilometre-wide space rock whizzed past Earth on its closest orbit in over a century. This…
Asteroid Florence buzzes Earth in closest fly-by since 1890
A 4.4-kilometre-wide space rock whizzed past Earth on its closest orbit in over a century. This…
‘Impossible’ star explosions made by gas and solar wind pile-up
Stellar explosions often shine brighter than is theoretically possible without blowing up entirely. Debris cloud smash-ups…
‘Impossible’ star explosions made by gas and solar wind pile-up
Stellar explosions often shine brighter than is theoretically possible without blowing up entirely. Debris cloud smash-ups…