On Sept. 24, 2025, NASA launched two new missions to study the influence of the Sun on the solar system, with further missions scheduled for 2026 and beyond.

IMAP (short for "Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe") is the primary payload on today's flight. The roughly $600 ...

The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...

(THE CONVERSATION) From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of glass and bright white structures. Despite being just ...

If it's not enough for you living through a potential apocalypse event, let's take some time to discuss another one: a comet striking the Earth from outer space! Small cosmic projectiles hit the Earth ...

The vast domain of space is easy to ignore. It’s up there, invisible, while our headlines focus on billionaire rocket ...

But those claims were quickly met with pushback. Independent analyses of the same JWST data suggested the team's evidence for ...

The world is entering its second age of exploration, this one in outer space. But there’s one big question: Will America get left behind? In the 21st century, America has seen enormous technological ...

Learn why scientists are cautiously optimistic about the potential biosignatures found in the Sapphire Canyon rock sample.

A large cloud of tiny fragments revolves around Earth following satellite explosions, rocket stage malfunctions, and ...

Exoplanets are planets outside Earth's solar system ... Astronomers also anticipate that new and future cutting-edge space missions could lead to the discovery of even more. That includes NASA’s ...

Scientists have used the Gaia Space Telescope to create a 3D map of star kindergartens within the Milky Way, and you can fly through it.