A black hole has shredded a massive star like it was "preparing a snack for lunch," according to a team of scientists at the ...

Imagining every drop of Earth’s water hurled into the Sun sounds like a last-ditch cosmic fire extinguisher, but the physics ...

A strange, ultra-bright flash in a distant galaxy has given astronomers their strongest hint yet that a new class of stellar catastrophe exists. The event, tagged ZTF25abjmnps and also known as ...

"I didn't know if it was even possible." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It's called "The Fall of Icarus," and it is the hottest ...

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has snapped a striking shot of a skydiving YouTuber perfectly aligned with the fiery surface of the sun. The unlikely image, dubbed "The Fall of Icarus," required ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS was expected to come within 130 million miles of the sun on Oct. 30. For the time being, 3I/ATLAS will remain on the opposite side of the sun from Earth, making it impossible to observe ...

Caroline Timoney said she's "genuinely so shocked" by Swift's "CANCELLED!" lyric, which Candace Owens believes to be a reference to her podcast Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has ...

A new NASA study suggests that solar activity will remain high or rise further in the coming decades, contradicting previous assumptions that the sun was quieting down — and scientists "don't ...

Back in 2019, a consortium of scientists predicted August 2025 as the peak of the solar activity cycle. But where are we now? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

"Parker Solar Probe has once again transported us into the dynamic atmosphere of our closest star." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

It’s impossible to forget just how much the sun affects life on our planet. It’s overwhelmingly the source of our light and heat, providing just enough to maintain the delicate climatic balance we ...

How big it is: 865,000 miles (1.392 million kilometers) across How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) What type of star it is: A yellow dwarf star The sun is the star at the center of ...