There have been many studies done to better understand how the heliosphere interacts with other elements and what its ...

The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is being launched later this month to study the outer reaches of the heliosphere which defines where our solar system ends and interstellar space ...

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

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

Named 3I/ATLAS, the comet is only the third known interstellar object to enter our solar system, and it's the largest and ...

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...

"It took 35 years to reach interstellar space, but it will take 40,000 years for Voyager 1 to be closer to the star AC +79 ...

Imagine living inside a giant invisible shield. Our Solar System is wrapped in such a shield, a bubble created by the Sun. Known as the heliosphere, it extends billions of kilometres into space and ...

The study also explained a long-standing puzzle as to why electrons often appear delayed after solar eruptions.

"Our approach gives astronomers an idea of how many spots a star might have, where they are located, and how bright or dark ...

Smithsonian researchers analyzed fragments of the near-Earth asteroid and discovered water-rich clays that hint at a distant origin Jack Tamisiea A view of the outside of the OSIRIS-REx sample ...

R ocketing by at tens of thousands of miles per hour, the asteroids visiting Earth’s neighborhood will get a closeup this week. Using radar, scientists will be scanning these space rocks as they whiz ...