Mars is constantly swept by swirling columns of wind known as dust devils, and these powerful whirlwinds sometimes act as ...

Today, the planet Mars presents itself as a cold, arid desert, but its soil retains the imprint of a far more welcoming past.

Venus’ surface has long been hidden beneath thick clouds and sparse data, but new research is beginning to illuminate what ...

Filament Theatre, the Northwest Side's premier theater for young audiences, will present the world premiere of Farewell Opportunity, commissioned by Filament Theatre in 2019 and written by local ...

A huge solar storm struck Mars in 2024, supercharging its upper atmosphere and briefly disrupting spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet.

The ESA's Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft watched as a superstorm that ravaged Earth also struck the ...

When the surface of the Sun exploded with activity in May 2024, Earth was hit by the biggest solar storm in more than two ...

When Saharan dust reaches the UK and Europe, as a huge country-sized cloud did over the past few days, it can transform the sky. Tiny particles drifting in the atmosphere scatter blue light while ...

A storm from the Sun can make a planet’s sky glow or a spacecraft’s computer fail. On Mars on May 2024, it did both, just without the auroras people photographed on Earth.

New observations have ruled out the chances of an asteroid hitting the moon in 2032, according to scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope.

Billions of stars fill our galaxy that become visible at certain times of year. And in the U.S., that time, known as "Milky ...