Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The claim: Photos appearing to show clouds behind the sun suggest it orbits the earth, isn't millions of miles away Earth orbits ...

Social media users are sharing images and videos which seemingly show clouds passing behind the sun. The users claim this proves humanity lives on a “flat earth” with a “local sun” floating and ...

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Neptune, captured by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. A new study finds a link between the planet's cloud coverage and solar activity. NASA / JPL As the outermost planet in the solar system, Neptune is more ...

A physics team led by the University of Iowa has described a “super expanded” magnetic cloud created by a coronal mass ejection on the sun. The team tracked the cloud as it approached Earth. The new ...

For years, scientists have been confused by the effect that solar eclipses have on clouds. Not all clouds, mind you. But, whenever a solar eclipse happens, and the sun is obscured even just 15 percent ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover captured and transmitted images of "sun rays" as the sun dropped below the horizon on Mars last month, which was part of a new cloud-imaging campaign that the rover is part of.

A rare type of iridescent, shining cloud that was forecast to become much more common and visible this summer has, so far, failed to live up to the hype — and the increasingly volatile sun may be to ...

A recent study suggests a relationship between solar cycles and the atmosphere of the solar system’s eighth planet. By Robin George Andrews Each planet of the solar system has its own look. Earth has ...