A strong solar storm is headed to Earth and this could cause colorful aurora displays in parts of the United States.

US fusion start-up Type One Energy said early results from its testing campaign confirm the essential design elements of ...

In magnetic reconnection, adjacent magnetic field lines break and snap together to form new lines. This process converts magnetic energy to both thermal energy, or heat, and kinetic energy, or the ...

Swirling disks of gas, magnetic fields, and plasma jets define their surroundings, creating some of the most energetic events in the universe. For decades, these effects were theoretical.

According to any measure Hispaniola, the Caribbean island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, is two different planets in one. People in the Dominican Republic are 11 times richer than ...

When folk musician Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden) arrives on the remote, sea-swept Wallis Island, he believes he’s coming to play an intimate gig for a few fans. In reality, the concert is for one man: ...

Enterprise browser startup Island just raised a sizable funding round — one that bumps up its valuation significantly, and less than one year after its last fundraise. Dallas-based Island raised ...

The councillor said the “flood-ravaged” Sooning St bridge in Nelly Bay was scheduled for demolition early next week. “We have not simply been sitting on our hands, there are a lot of moving ...

Shawn Dahl, a space weather forecaster with NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center, said Wednesday that with the IMF (interplanetary magnetic field) intensifying, “the aurora could have easily ...

Two scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered a new phase of matter while studying a model system of a magnetic material. The phase is a ...

The northern lights are likely to hit parts of Ontario this week — and if we’re lucky, we might get a few more dazzling displays of sweeping colour in the skies in coming weeks. The northern ...

The sale of an island just off the coast of Bacoli, near Naples, has pit the quest for a rich investor against a more communal alternative. Punta Pennata, a sliver of land about 20 miles from ...