Scientists now believe that solar bursts hit the largest planet of our solar system two to three times a month.

Has the sun already reached solar maximum? New data suggests Solar Cycle 25 may have peaked earlier than expected. Find out ...

Even gargantuan Jupiter, with its whirling superstorms and volatile temperatures, has a soft side. A team of researchers ...

This colorful image of the Helix nebula may mirror what someday could become of our sun and our home planet. Released on ...

"The solar wind squished Jupiter's magnetic shield like a giant squash ball. This created a super-hot region that spans half ...

"The solar wind squished Jupiter’s magnetic shield like a giant squash ball," O'Donoghue said. "This created a super-hot ...

Space-based solar power systems (or SBSPs) are different in that they collect energy in Earth orbit. There is no atmosphere ...

Michael Bublé is known for having a quick wit. But in a pre-awards press conference at Rogers Arena on Friday morning, the Burnaby crooner got serious about Canadian pride.

The orbit Venus takes around the sun periodically results in a phenomenon astronomers refer to as an inferior conjunction, which occurs when the planet transitions from appearing in the evening ...

"The glare from the sun makes it really, really difficult to see," said Michelle Nichols with Chicago's Adler Planetarium. Since Venus and Mercury are "inferior" planets compared with the Earth ...

Pollard A quartet of Earth-like worlds, each about 20% to 30% the size of our planet, circle one of our ... with a mass around one-sixth that of the sun. At 5.97 light-years from Earth, it is ...

They used Webb's coronagraph instruments, which block the light from bright stars to get a better view of the planets revolving around them. "It's like putting your thumb up in front of the sun when ...