The Voyager spacecraft, on a decades-long journey of exploration, have made an unusual discovery at the edge of our solar system. They’ve detected a layer of hot plasma at the solar system’s boundary, ...

In the vastness of the solar system, Valles Marineris captivates countless explorers with its spectacular scale and mysterious origin story. Today, let us revisit the discovery journey of this natural ...

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

Scientists have recently unveiled an extraordinary discovery: a massive ‘interstellar tunnel’ that appears to link our Solar ...

Introduction: NASA's solar system exploration paradigm : the first fifty years and a look at the next fifty / James L. Green and Kristen J. Erickson -- Part I. Overview. Exploring the Solar System : ...

A near term laser ablation of micropellets can be made to rapidly accelerate one ton space probes to reach Pluto in one year. The NASA New Horizons launched in 2006 took 9.5 years to reach Pluto and ...

NASA has announced an updated plan to continue New Horizons’ mission of exploration of the outer solar system. Beginning in fiscal year 2025, New Horizons will focus on gathering unique heliophysics ...

NASA has selected eight new research teams to collaborate on research into the intersection of space science and human space exploration as part of the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual […] ...

On Episode 176 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik are joined by Alan Stern to talk about what's next in deep ...