Created by the sun, the protective bubble of the heliosphere shields our solar system from harmful radiation. A new mission will map it like never before.

For the first time, astronomers have directly measured a solar-system-size corona around a distant supermassive black hole, ...

The solar system lost its ninth planet back when Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet, but research might indicate that there ...

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

A space instrument built by the University of Colorado Boulder will launch aboard a NASA spacecraft on Sept. 23 to detect and ...

NASA's $10 billion space telescope studied the third interstellar object to enter the solar system, measuring the chemical ...

The spacecraft will study the heliosphere, a vast bubble created by the Sun's solar wind. This bubble acts like a shield, ...

New observations by the Gemini South telescope at Cerro Pachón in Chile revealed that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS' tail is ...

NASA's IMAP mission will launch probes to study the heliosphere, a solar shield protecting Earth, offering insights into solar storms and safeguarding technology.

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

The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is the first mission focused on studying changes in the exosphere, the Earth’s outermost ...

Called 3I/ATLAS, the object is only the third of its kind known to astronomers, and it’s likely been heading our way for ...