Over 4 billion years ago, as planets were coalescing around the newborn Sun, our star may have gone on an epic road trip across the Milky Way along with thousands of stellar “twins.” And we may owe ...
A strip of cool water stretches west from South America along the equator, helping set the pace for some of the planet’s most important weather swings. That Pacific “cold tongue” helps steer the El ...
Our sun is a roiling mass of energy, with solar flares exploding on its surface, sending gas, plasma, and light that blasts ...