A new study led by the University of Hawai’i (UH) at M?noa has helped refine understanding of the amount of hydrogen, helium and other elements present in violent outbursts from the Sun, and other ...

Tiny bits of Earth’s atmosphere have been drifting to the moon for billions of years, guided by Earth’s magnetic field.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The first solar-wind samples recovered from the crashed Genesis space capsule have been sent to researchers in California. Three years after it was launched, Genesis returned to ...

The Moon has no real atmosphere, but Earth has, in a sense, been generously trying to share its own for billions of years.

(CNN) -- A NASA mission that will be the first to return a space sample to Earth since Apollo 17 is expected to bring back particles from a source that sounds far more ephemeral than moon rocks -- the ...

Image: Don Burnett, Genesis principal investigator, examines samples upon their return in Utah. Ever since astronauts returned from another world, scientists have been mystified by some of the moon ...

Solar provided over 11% of total US electrical generation in May, while wind + solar produced over one-fifth, and the mix of all renewable energy sources generated nearly 30%, according to data just ...

The Moon is one of the most charming objects in the night sky, casting its beautiful white light on the Earth. It is also its only natural satellite o.