Science news articles about 'sun'

Astronomers have discovered that terrestrial planets might form around many, if not most, of the nearby sun-like stars in our galaxy.

The Ulysses spacecraft today is making a rare flyby of the sun's north pole. Unlike any other spacecraft, Ulysses is able to sample winds at the sun's poles.

(AP) -- Computer server maker Sun Microsystems Inc. says it swung to a fiscal third-quarter loss on acquisition costs and weak U.S sales.

... mission, which will study the streams of charged particles the sun hurls into space from a vantage point within the ... years to gradually shrink its orbit around the sun, coming as close as 4.1 million ...

The sun bounces up and down as it roams the Milky Way, and such wavering might have hurled showers of comets Earth's way that caused mass extinctions, including the one that killed the dinosaurs, a ...

According to a new study from the University of Minnesota, the earliest event in the development of sun-induced skin cancer may have been identified. The researchers found that the point of entry for ...

Cancer researchers and physicians have warned of the link between unprotected sun exposure and the development of skin cancer for decades, but experts from Yale Cancer Center warn that recent ...

NASA is moving ahead with a mission to fly a probe through the Sun's edge.

Astronomers have found that our sun is no more special than other stars, adding weight to the idea that life could exist elsewhere in the universe.

Sun screen lotions used by beach-going tourists worldwide are a major cause of coral bleaching, according to a new study commissioned by the European Commission.

(AP) -- The global sales chief of Sun Microsystems Inc. resigned Monday as the slumping server and software maker revealed plans to restructure its sales force to focus more on emerging markets.

Almost a thousand times faster than a terrestrial tornado, these solar twisters last about ten minutes and occur near the sun's poles, new satellite data shows.

... , Earth's Climate and the Space Environment." The scientists said periods of inactivity are normal for the sun, but this period has gone on longer than usual. "It continues to be dead," said Saku ...

NASA has a daring new mission on the drawing board: Solar Probe Plus, a spacecraft tough enough to visit the sun itself.

The joint ESA/NASA solar mission Ulysses has forever changed the way scientists view the Sun and its effect on the surrounding space. The mission’s major results and the legacy it leaves behind have ...