Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have for the first time detected tiny quartz crystals containing silica — a common mineral on Earth — within the atmosphere of a blazing hot exoplanet.

When it comes to extreme weather, it's safe to say a "space hurricane" qualifies. Scientists said last week they observed a previously unknown phenomenon — a 620-mile-wide swirling mass of plasma that ...

SpaceX launched a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office from Florida on Monday afternoon. As the rocket flew into nighttime over Europe, it left an unusual glowing spiral in the ...

Researchers have created tiny swirling vortices out of magnetic particles, providing insight into the behavior that governs such systems -- which opens up new opportunities for materials and devices ...

A team has found that NASA's Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter frequently encounters giant swirling waves at the boundary between the solar wind and Jupiter's magnetosphere. The waves are an important ...