An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the ...

A powerful new instrument added to the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope promises to maximize the information gleaned from the ...

The crew of an alien spacecraft entering the Solar System, maybe looking for planets bearing alien life, would be struck by ...

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. It's about 11 times wider than Earth with an equatorial diameter of 88,846 ...

Here’s a little spoiler for next month’s Cosmic Calendar: early May will see the return of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower. The ...

The sun doesn't just shine—it blows ... drenching Earth and the entire solar system in a flood of electrons, protons, and helium nuclei. But this isn't a smooth breeze—it's a turbulent ...

A new study led by astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has revealed that planets ...

The US space agency NASA has published the first images of the sun taken by the four small satellites on the Punch mission.

San Antonio-built satellites on mission to stare at the sun, opened their eyes and tested their thrusters for the first time last week.

Mar. 17, 2025 — A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new ... Webb Telescope Captures Its ...

Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...

NEW YORK — A newly discovered green comet tracked by telescopes has likely broken apart as it swung by the sun, dashing hopes ...