A solar flare that erupted on Tuesday in the Sun is heading towards the Earth and could disrupt power grids and satellites. The flare, which is backed by a small radiation storm and a spectacular coronal mass ejection (CME), might stimulate auroras on Thursday.
High-latitude sky watchers should be on alert for auroras on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, when coronal mass ejection (CME) from solar flare observed on Tuesday glance at Earth's magnetic field, NASA said in a statement.
Scientists were successful in trapping antimatter for over 16 minutes, long enough to begin to study their properties in detail.
WED is on Sunday June 5. Here's a look at some of the celebrations in the host country India and across the globe, as well as tips on how you can get involved.
Russian spy Anna Chapman has taken over as editor–in–chief of a new business magazine, five months after launching a TV show, giving a new direction to her career that saw her deported from the United States last summer.
NASA space shuttle Atlantis is at the Launch Pad 39A, getting ready for its targeted July 8 launch to the International Space Station, which will close 30 years of space shuttle program.
With 15 percent of the households possessing assets of $1 million or more, Singapore has the highest proportion of household millionaires in the world.
NASA space shuttle Endeavour made its final flight landing on the runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center at 2:34 am EDT after the completion of STS-134 mission. Endeavour's astronauts gave a brief review during STS-134 crew news conference.
Space shuttle Endeavour landed for the final time at NASA's Kennedy Space Center after 248 orbits around Earth and a journey of 6,510,221 miles on STS-134, setting the stage for the launch of next space shuttle Atlantis.
NASA space shuttle Endeavour has landed for the final time at Kennedy Space Center after 248 orbits around Earth and a journey of 6,510,221 miles on STS-134 mission. Endeavour's next 'mission' will be attracting guests to the California Science Center museum in Los Angeles.
The 6-member crew of space shuttle Endeavour began its two-day journey back to the Earth from the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday 11:55 pm (EDT) after delivering a $2 billion payload - Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer particle detector or a cosmic ray detector - and a pallet of spare parts intended to tide over the orbital outpost after the shuttle program ends.
Milky Way galaxy, the home galaxy of the Solar System, and of Earth, belongs to a rare subset among the billions that populate the cosmos.
Moon has more water than previously thought, according to a new study by NASA-funded researchers.
The United States will help Japan as it copes with the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis, and tries to rebuild its state, President Barack Obama said on Thursday, soothing a rift between the two allies over the atomic disaster.
China's State Council has issued a national guideline to promote sustainable and healthy development of the nation's rare earth industry.
The Japan National Tourist organization said Thursday that the number of foreigners visiting Japan has declined 62 percent in April, the largest decline on record.
For those doomsdayer's who believe the end of the world is drawing nigh, there is a backup plan.
The National Weather Service in Gray has issued a flood warning for Kennebec River at Skowhegan affecting Somerset County.
NASA uses satellite cameras to take images of the Mississippi River floods that have ravaged Tennessee and the southeast.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton, were off to their two-week honeymoon on a private jet yesterday.
New studies show ice in Greenland and the Arctic is melting even faster than first anticipated, raising sea levels as much as 1.6 meters (five feet) by the end of the century.
Earth Day is the annual celebration of the environment and a time to assess the work still needed to protect the natural gifts of our planet. It affirms that environmental awareness is part of our consciousness and that the idea of protecting the environment has moved into the mainstream.
