A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three dimensions.

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

One of the most significant effects of solar wind interacting with our magnetic field is the occurrence of geomagnetic storms ...

US students have designed a CubeSat that will launch with NASA's IMAP mission to study solar wind and protect Earth's ...

Blue Origin's New Glenn liftoff marked the 95th orbital rocket launch of 2025 from Florida's Space Coast, extending the ...

Researchers using a NASA supercomputer have modeled Earth’s long-term evolution and projected that the planet could become ...

A peculiar interstellar visitor, 3I/ATLAS, is challenging comet theories with its sunward tail and unusual composition. While scientists explore natural explanations for its behavior, the object's ...

"If our solar system is indeed moving this fast, we need to question fundamental assumptions about the large-scale structure ...

How fast and in which direction is our solar system moving through the universe? This seemingly simple question is one of the ...

Scientists previously thought the solar system was flying through space at 515,000 mph. It may actually be going three times ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket pierced the Wednesday morning sky as it launched three spacecraft from NASA and NOAA that will study the solar system’s “bubble,” collect information on ...