NASA’s Galileo spacecraft, which was designed to study the large, gaseous planet Jupiter and its moons, first caught hints of ...
Read Earth is immersed in material streaming from the Sun. This stream, called the solar wind, is washing over our planet ...
Scientists at NASA for the first time have been able to observe the make up of Pluto and other small and icy celestial bodies ...
Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, is a gas giant known for its swirling storms, iconic Great Red Spot, strong ...
Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...
NASA's PRIME-1 is set to launch aboard an Intuitive Machines Athena Lander to explore potential resources below the lunar surface. NASA footage ...
Callisto, the third largest moon in the entire solar system, orbits Jupiter from about 1.2 million miles away. The rocky ...
A NASA satellite that suddenly reappeared after going silent gets credit for the remarkable discovery—a pair of temporary ...
Learn how these advances in instrumentation could provide a better understanding of solar winds and improve space weather ...
The above 40-second video is sped-up footage of the new-found jets flashing briefly near the Sun’s south pole. In reality, ...
The European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to guide the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft through its closest encounter with ...
A solar eclipse occurs only during the new moon phase, when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, blocking sunlight partially or completely.