Realising that our solar system isn’t like most others out there has helped astronomers rewrite the story of how it formed ...

The project has recently been submitted to the European Space Agency for consideration as a future mission. The current mission design proposes a launch in the 2030s, returning at least 400 minutes of ...

"I don't think anyone's made this connection between the surface fluid pattern and the interior properties of these planets." ...

The interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, was first discovered in July 2025, and made its closest approach to the sun (perihelion) ...

Solar prominences occur when the sun’s plasma, flowing along the magnetic field lines that the sun creates, forms a loop into space along the edge of the sun’s disk. When a prominence becomes ...

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 ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is tearing across the inner solar system at roughly 130,000 miles per hour, a speed that turns ...

Over the years, passing spacecraft have observed mystifying weather patterns at the poles of Jupiter and Saturn. The two ...

The other two known interstellar comets did not offer such an opportunity.