Memories of solar impact from seven ESA spacecraft have been collected and analyzed in a first-of-its-kind study to better understand the radiation environment in space. Huge amounts of engineering ...

Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Horizons data shows the solar wind slows 13% to 15% in the outer heliosphere as it picks up interstellar material. (CREDIT: ...

For centuries, astronomers have sought to understand the formation and evolution of the solar system and the dynamics that govern it. In particular, there is the long-standing question of whether or ...

As NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope moves through the final phases of commissioning its science instruments, we have also begun working on technical operations of the observatory. While the telescope ...

For obvious reasons, the Sun’s influence weakens as you get closer to the edge of the solar system. But things might be a lot more complicated than we previously thought, according to a new study.

There are plenty of moons orbiting around the planets in our solar system — Saturn, for example, has well over 100 known moons — and astronomers believe that planets outside our solar system almost ...

Space looks empty until you try to cross it. Far beyond Pluto, where sunlight is faint and the planets are long behind, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is moving through a region where the Sun’s ...