Ancient Chinese astronomers observed a solar eclipse in 709 BCE with remarkable detail. These old records are now helping scientists understand Earth's rotation changes over thousands of years. They ...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has uncovered the processes that drive the solar wind – the constant outflow of hot, ionized gas that streams outward from the Sun and fills up the solar system – and how the ...
Japanese researchers investigated ancient texts from the 4th to 7th centuries CE to identify five total solar eclipses near the Eastern Mediterranean. Yes, Earth is suddenly spinning faster. Earth ...