NASA’s IMAP mission, led by Princeton University’s David McComas, will study the heliosphere — the invisible electromagnetic ...

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

I/ATLAS is a fast, ancient interstellar object. Its odd features fuel both scientific study and speculation. On July 1, ...

3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object currently zipping through the solar system, is capturing the attention of astronomers, the public and even most of our deep space assets. Its hyperbolic orbit tells us ...

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

The anomalous nature of the object led astrophysicist Avi Loeb to apply a thought experiment to it, highlighting everything ...

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are ...

NASA is preparing to launch a new observatory that will help scientists better understand space weather and the protective ...

Ever since a mysterious interstellar object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, was first spotted screaming into our solar system, famed ...

A future where your lights, phone, and even entire cities are powered by sunlight collected in orbit may not be far-fetched.

The design of TARS: a simple yet revolutionary system TARS fundamentally differs from traditional spacecraft propulsion systems. It does not rely on chemical rockets or nuclear power; instead, it ...

The near-Earth asteroid Bennu contains stardust that is older than the solar system and clues about its violent history, three new studies of the asteroid's sample materials show.