Watch video clips of today's solar flare, as seen by NASA spacecraft. Cosmic Log By Alan Boyle The sun has unleashed a blast in Earth's direction, and that should cause brighter-than-normal auroral displays this weekend. Skywatchers won't be the on… more »

Daily Mail, UK A huge mass of electrically-charged particles thrown out by a gigantic eruption on the Sun is due to strike the Earth tonight. Scientists expect it to trigger one of the most violent geomagnetic storms ever recorded. The result co… more »

AFP/Yahoo News by Kerry Sheridan WASHINGTON (AFP) – For years, scientists have been predicting the Sun would by around 2012 move into solar maximum, a period of intense flares and sunspot activity, but lately a curious calm has suggested quite the… more »

  NASA's Mercury Messenger probe captured this historic image of Mercury, the first ever obtained from a spacecraft in orbit about the solar system's innermost planet. The photo was taken on Tuesday (March 29) at 5:20 am EDT.CREDIT: NASA/Johns Hopk… more »

By Kyung Lah, CNN November 11, 2010 9:56 p.m. EST Toshiko Kubo, left, lives in Tokyo. Her sister, Fukuko, lives in Beijing. They are identical twins with vastly different career opportunities. Tokyo, Japan (CNN) -- Genet… more »