The next time you see the UV index in the weather forecast, look more closely. You can protect yourself from too much sun.

Skin experts say people of color still need to wear sunscreen. The melanin in darker skin offers some extra protection from ...

People with darker skin still need to wear sunscreen — for more reasons than one. Too much ultraviolet exposure from the sun can lead to sunburn, dark spots and wrinkles, and increased risk of skin ...

The fundamental building blocks for planet formation can exist even in environments with extreme ultraviolet radiation, ...

Discover how plants developed natural sunscreen compounds that protect against UV damage and botanical alternatives to ...

Lake Tahoe is experiencing large-scale shifts in ultraviolet radiation (UV) as climate change intensifies wet and dry ...

Using combined observations from ground-based telescopes over nearly four years, the researchers saw the distant galactic neighbors charging toward each other at more than 1.1 million miles per hour.

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, has reached a significant milestone as one of its key scientific instruments completed ...

To capture these otherworldly images he uses a technique called ultraviolet-induced visible fluorescence photography, or UVIVF for short. The process uses ultraviolet light to cause substances to ...

Discover how UVB exposure and topical application of cis-urocanic acid led to changes in the skin’s microbial composition.

Humans can now see in the dark and even with their eyes closed using nanotechnology contact lenses, according to a new study.