The solar system is our cosmic neighborhood, made up of the sun and everything that orbits it — planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and even dust and gas. The order of the planets in the solar ...

Among the various places humans have aspired to visit in the solar system, the sun remains the most foreboding. On December 24, 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe arrived within 6.1 million km from ...

"We've been able to show, for the very first time, that the sun's flare pulsations and Earth's atmosphere were pulsing in sync during a solar flare." Earth's atmosphere pulses in sync with the sun ...

Space weather — all the winds and particles streaming off the sun ... Solar Observatory optical engineer Stacey Sueoka. "I'm excited to see what's possible as we complete the system." ...