Solar Orbiter Traces the Origin of a Mysterious S-Shaped Kink on the Sun
In 2022, a Sun-observing probe flew through an S-shaped stream of charged particles pouring out of the star.…
Sept. 27, 1918: The birth of Martin Ryle
Back to Article List Today in the history of astronomy, a pioneer of radio astronomy is born. Britain’s…
People think Earth dies when the Sun becomes a red giant in five billion years — the more likely end is a billion years from now, when a star already 30 percent brighter than at birth pushes CO₂ too low for C3 plants, then a moist greenhouse strips the oceans of hydrogen and leaves a sterile Venus
The Sun is roughly 4.6 billion years old and about halfway through its main-sequence lifetime. The popular conception…
NASA Rocket Takes First Multi-Point Look Inside Radio-Disrupting Clouds
High above Earth, thin veils of metallic haze drift through the edge of space. Known as sporadic E…
NASA’s COFFIES Uses AI to Predict Storm-Causing Active Regions
As humanity looks to the Moon and stars for future exploration, predicting space weather — conditions in space…
Kelvin-Helmholtz instability seen on the Sun
The surface of the Sun has been photographed in more detail than ever before, and it turns out…
NASA Science Soars During August Total Solar Eclipse
Each time the Moon covers the Sun during a total solar eclipse — darkening daytime skies and briefly…
Elon Musk: AI will bring on ‘age of abundance’, surpass human intelligence in five years
Is AI ushering in an “age of abundance” — or a digital apocalypse? Whether people like it or…
Astronomers Found the Sun’s Missing Silver Hiding in Plain Sight
Theoretically, the Sun shares its chemical origins with meteorites that are billions of years old. But for decades,…
Nigerian product designer helping startups turn ideas into successful mobile, web applications
Every successful digital product begins with an idea, but transforming that idea into a mobile or web application…
NASA Selects Rocket Lab to Launch Sun, Earth Science Missions
NASA has selected Rocket Lab to provide the launch service for both the agency’s PolSIR (Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud…
Why fathers must stay healthy—Sir Obi, Gategold Fitness Chairman, counsels on Father’s Day
Fitness buff, Sir Goodluck Obi has counseled fathers to regard keeping fit as an investment in healthy living…