All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – ...

NASA's IMAP mission will delve into the mysteries of the heliosphere, mapping its boundaries and studying solar wind ...

2024 — Astronomers have achieved a major breakthrough in solar physics by successfully producing detailed maps of the Sun's coronal magnetic fields. This milestone promises to enhance our ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has provided groundbreaking insights into a new type of exoplanet, fundamentally different ...

Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun, is one of the most breathtaking sights in our solar system. With stunning visuals ...

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But ...

The six planets will be visible in the days immediately leading up to Jan. 21, and for about four weeks afterward. Mars, ...

Mars is home to perhaps the greatest mystery of the solar system: the so-called Martian dichotomy, which has baffled ...

A planet parade is when several of our solar system's planets are visible in the night sky at the same time. There will be six planets visible this time around, including Venus, Mars, Jupiter ...

Two stars in Wolf-Rayet 140 collide, forming carbon-rich dust. Webb captured 17 expanding dust shells, revealing ...

Space agencies around the world are setting their sights on new frontiers, with plans to explore Venus and other distant ...