Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The discovery of liquid mercury inside an observatory known for its many scientific discoveries has forced its permanent shutdown.

CLOUDCROFT, N.M. – The Sunspot Solar Observatory near Cloudcroft is scheduled for demolition, leaving fans and former residents devastated over the loss of this piece of New Mexico history. Earlier ...

CLOUDCROFT, N.M. – The U.S. National Science Foundation says it will demolish the Sacramento Peak Observatory, also known as Sunspot Solar Observatory, after years of reduced operations and recent ...

A century of solar observations from Kodaikanal Solar Observatory and modern satellite data reveal patterns in the Sun’s ...

Patches of the sun's surface often show strong magnetic fields. These fields can emerge within a matter of hours, and can ...

On March 7, 1962, NASA launched the first Orbiting Solar Observatory. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] ...

A computer visualization maps small bodies in the solar system that are expected to be observed by the Rubin Observatory during the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time. Red indicates near-Earth ...

When the surface of the Sun exploded with activity in May 2024, Earth was hit by the biggest solar storm in more than two ...

Scientists develop new optical system that removes blur over fine-structure in the Sun’s corona, revealing clearest images to date This time-lapse video of a prominence above the solar surface reveals ...