NASA is gearing up to launch the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), a mission aimed at exploring the ...

For the first time, astronomers have directly measured a solar-system-size corona around a distant supermassive black hole, ...

Much as we may treasure and proclaim our independence, we actually live in a protective bubble called the heliosphere.

The spacecraft will study the heliosphere, a vast bubble created by the Sun's solar wind. This bubble acts like a shield, ...

Riding alongside IMAP, NOAA's SWFO-L1 will serve as a dedicated solar alert system, monitoring space weather and energetic ...

A space instrument built by the University of Colorado Boulder will launch aboard a NASA spacecraft on Sept. 23 to detect and ...

NASA's $10 billion space telescope studied the third interstellar object to enter the solar system, measuring the chemical ...

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space ...

Called 3I/ATLAS, the object is only the third of its kind known to astronomers, and it’s likely been heading our way for ...

TNO, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, and the three on-board suppliers have measured the potential of ...

This giant protective bubble, created by the Sun’s solar wind, extends far beyond the orbit of Neptune and shields life in our solar system from harmful cosmic radiation and high-energy particles.

Explore the true scale of the Solar System in this video, which illustrates the relative sizes of the planets and their ...