"Every new result can reshape our understanding of planets, their habitability, and our place in this universe." ...

A new model has been developed to simulate interstellar activity within our solar system and the nearby Alpha Centauri system ...

Jupiter’s skies can glow with lights more intense than anything on Earth. Its polar auroras shine when charged particles ...

Why do comets and their meteoroid streams weave in and out of Earth's orbit and their orbits disperse over time? Researchers show that this is not due to the random pull of the planets, but rather the ...

NASA and partners are building the first quantum gravity sensor for space, a breakthrough instrument that uses ultra-cold ...

The sun rises and sets every ... entire solar system and its outer reaches. "The heliosphere [encompasses] everything under the sun's influence," Gkioulidou explains. "It's a gigantic magnetic bubble ...

Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but are unlike any in our own solar system ... for every three orbits of the inner planet ...

Trump aims to send a crew to Mars by the end of his term, which Musk calls 'doable.' Astronauts question the time frame but ...

Magnetic Field ... planet as a celestial body that orbits the sun, is massive enough that gravity has forced it into a spherical shape, and has cleared away other objects ... June 25, 2024 ...

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our understanding of the Earth's past and our future.

The Apollo missions to the Moon were going to pave the way for human settlement of the solar system ... you never leave the planet’s gravitational field, of course. What the jet achieves ...