New infrared observations reveal that the rare interstellar visitor known as comet 3I/ATLAS has dramatically brightened ...

For more than a century, popular culture has promised that humanity will spread effortlessly across the Solar System, turning ...

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NASA observes interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS unexpectedly flaring as it leaves the solar system, revealing water vapour and ...

A pellet of plutonium 238, illuminated by the glow of its own radioactivity. NASA and other space agencies use this material in radioisotope power sources for interplanetary missions to the solar ...

Outer space contains more incredible phenomenons and unsolved mysteries than anywhere else—and we think it's just fascinating ...

The outer reaches of our Solar System continue to reveal a complex dynamical environment where the interplay of gravitational forces shapes the orbits of a myriad of distant bodies. Research in this ...

The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is being launched later this month to study the outer reaches of the heliosphere which defines where our solar system ends and interstellar space ...

Solar wind sounds poetic, but it's a very real and powerful phenomenon, connecting the Sun to every part of our solar system. Unlike the wind we feel .

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When a solar storm strikes Earth, it can disrupt technology that's vital for our daily lives. Solar storms occur when ...