- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- May 4th, 2012
Ultimate Fate of Earth Revealed by Four Distant Stars
Astronomers see four white dwarfs devouring their planets
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- May 3rd, 2012
Solar System May Have Formed Faster Than First Calculated
Its age was not called into question, just how far back all its components formed
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 21st, 2012
Science Highlights From SDO's Second Year in Orbit
The telescope recently began its third year studying the Sun
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 21st, 2012
Solar Magnetic Field Reversals Occur Asymmetrically
The process is detailed in two new scientific papers
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 19th, 2012
Dark Matter Not Present Around the Sun
Recent discovery throws existing theories into disarray
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 17th, 2012
Massive Prominence Erupts from the Sun on April 16
The event was seen in detail, using an advanced NASA observatory
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 9th, 2012
Earth May Have Spread Life to Nearby Stars
Asteroid impacts may have thrown DNA material into deep space
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 28th, 2012
Radius of the Sun Firmly Established
New measurements are the most precise ever conducted
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 8th, 2012
Solar Particle Cloud to Hit Earth Today
The event is caused by recent activity on the solar surface
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 7th, 2012
Sun Releases Yet Another Massive Flare
The event occurs just two days after a large coronal mass ejection
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 6th, 2012
Sun Releases Massive, X-Class Solar Flare
Several spacecraft are directly in the path of the particle clouds
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 2nd, 2012
New Model Explains How the Solar System Appeared
The new theory is a bit simpler than the currently-accepted one
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 29th, 2012
The Sun Is a Comet Thief
It may have stolen many Oort Cloud objects from other stars
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 28th, 2012
Three Definitions for a "Year" [Video]
Cool clip shows the differences between various ways of counting years
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 24th, 2012
Sun's Protoplanetary Disk Had Nothing Special
It grew and coalesced just like any other star's, experts say
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 22nd, 2012
Solar Eclipse Seen from Orbit
NASA spacecraft images Moon partially transiting the Sun
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 17th, 2012
Earth Formed 10 Million Years After the Sun
Researchers say that some portions of the planet are extremely old