Sun

The effect on skin color is actually due to beta-carotene, a pigment found in carrots, pumpkins, mangoes, and other fruits and vegetables.

Manhattanhenge occurs four times a year and refers to the solar spectacle where the sunset aligns perfectly with the borough's streets.

This knowledge can help prepare for the next major storm and also assist in tasks far beyond space.

Life on Earth won’t end when water evaporates. It will end when plants stop photosynthesizing and the atmosphere rapidly loses oxygen.

Why is outer space dark when the Sun is right there? To find the answer, point a flashlight to the sky.

Its velocity surpassed 430,000 miles per hour, the highest ever reached by an object created by humans.

If the Sun becomes a red giant, the future of humanity is sealed—or so the experts believed.

Despite its similarities to the Earth, it can’t support life as we know it.

This type of eclipse occurs when approaches the part of its orbit that is farthest from Earth.

By working together, NASA and the ESA have managed to solve a decades-old mystery.

An extreme solar event could damage the power grid or create dangerous currents in gas pipelines.

An astronaut on the lunar surface could receive a dose of radiation thousands of times higher than on Earth.