Along with launching two NASA probes, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried five other satellites into orbit with goals ranging ...

What causes the sun's high activity? The sun is a massive ball of electrically charged hot gas, which produces a powerful magnetic field, according to NASA. The sun undergoes an 11-year "solar ...

The moon's thin atmosphere, called an exosphere, has been a puzzle to science for some time. Two main processes were thought ...

Scientists have released the closest images ever to the sun, captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flying 3.8 million miles ...

So, he makes sure to create different balls of these SEPs that can go in all different directions, ... as well as Earth and Mars, during the solar outburst on April 17, 2021.

A newly discovered object, dubbed A11pl3Z, appears to be moving too fast and straight to have originated in the solar system.

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Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our ...

Astronomers on Wednesday confirmed the discovery of an interstellar object racing through our Solar System – only the third ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A strong solar storm headed to Earth could produce colorful aurora displays across more U.S. states than usual Tuesday night. Related Articles Lockheed Martin and workers in ...

In broad terms, Earth's water was either part of the planet from the beginning of its formation in the solar nebula or delivered later, maybe by asteroids and comets.

On Oct. 3, the sun released the most powerful solar flare this solar cycle, a colossal X9.05 eruption — and it's heading for Earth.