Riding alongside IMAP, NOAA's SWFO-L1 will serve as a dedicated solar alert system, monitoring space weather and energetic ...

In a few billion years, our Sun will become so violently hot that it could wipe out all life in the Milky Way. Yet, ...

NASA's mission to "touch" the sun has confirmed that it survived its record-breaking closest approach to the sun's surface on Dec. 24. Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles ...

Fans of the sun-centered solar system will want to down a few Zywiecs in honor of Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who was born on Feb. 19, 1473. That would make him 536 years old – an age ...

NASA's Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission launched March 12, sending up a constellation of four Earth-orbiting satellites with the goal of studying how the Sun's activity ...

The star at the center of the solar system does more than provide light and warmth. It also acts as the most powerful ...

Our solar system's latest and only third known interstellar visitor is becoming more fascinating by the minute. Spotted in early July, the object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, is believed to be a comet. It's ...

A telescope in Chile recently glimpsed 3I/ATLAS' glowing tail, which observations reveal has grown as the interstellar object ...

The Earth's movement is primarily directed towards the star Lambda Herculis at an approximate speed of 45,000 mph (72,000 km/h). This velocity, while significant, would require approximately 5.5 ...

One of the studies, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, shows that ice inside the parent asteroid melted and reacted ...