NASA’s newly launched IMAP mission is set to tell us more about the boundary between our Solar System and interstellar space ...

I n 2016, NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) probe, which famously touched down on asteroid Bennu in 2020, before ...

In February 2022, SpaceX launched a group of Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. Soon after launch, many of them began falling back into the atmosphere rather than following their planned paths.

Solar System's Run-In With 'Space Cloud' May Have Triggered a Series of Ice Ages 2 Million Years Ago, Says Scientists Around two million years ago, Earth underwent a series of temperature fluctuations ...

In the bigger picture, "down" could be defined as being below the plane of the solar system, which is known as the ecliptic.

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The discovery that helium and iron can mix at the temperatures and pressures found at the center of Earth could settle a long-standing debate over how our planet formed. When you purchase through ...

Scientists have shown that Earth’s basic chemistry solidified within just three million years of the Solar System’s formation. Initially, the planet was barren and inhospitable, missing water and ...

A new analysis estimates that the asteroid belt is steadily losing mass each year, and may not be as permanent a feature of the solar system as we thought. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

A rare and intense energy flare from the sun has reached our planet, leading to what scientists say is the most violent solar ...

Powerful solar storm causes GPS disruptions & stunning auroras. Learn about the impact of solar radiation storms on ...