We often focus on space observatories that peer beyond Earth. But the vast majority of satellites stare right back at us.

A NASA mission, IMAP, will investigate and map the sun's particles and energy across the entire heliosphere, using a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar system for the first time, scientists announced Monday. The gas giants are not ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar system for the first time, scientists announced Monday. The gas giants are ...

It’s like a big, thick bubble around our solar system, made of icy, comet-like objects. Credit: NASA The spiral pattern is about 15,000 astronomical units wide, or around 1.4 trillion miles from one ...

Our solar system has always seemed a vast place, even to the most ancient astronomers who knew little of the universe other than what the sun, moon, and stars could reveal to the naked eye.

The most surprising discovery of this new map was the appearance of an interstellar tunnel from our solar system pointing towards the constellation Centaurus. Hot gas escapes via this ...

"Sleep quality, brain activities ... quality," Professor Lee noted. "Our results provide a novel perspective on the interplay between sleep, the glymphatic system and multimodal brain networks." ...

Scientists have determined that around 14 million years ago, our Solar System traveled through a densely populated galactic region and might have experienced increased interstellar dust, which could ...

If America’s humanitarian aid system were a business, it would have collapsed long ago. No enterprise — public or private — can sustain itself without demonstrating value, yet for decades ...

Credit: University of Western Ontario Gregg, a Ph.D. candidate in physics and astronomy, developed a computer model to study our solar system, Alpha Centauri and the interstellar activity—the ...

Our solar system passed through a vast wave of gas and dust around 14 million years ago, dimming Earth’s view of the night sky. The wave may even have left traces in our planet’s geological ...