An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

When you first learned about the Solar System, you probably saw diagrams that made it look orderly, with planets arranged in ...

After graduating from UVA in 2013 and completing her doctorate in planetary science from the University of Arizona in 2019, ...

An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.

Researchers have created an improved traffic light system for predicting geomagnetic storms. They are now testing how well ...

BS4 may be anywhere between 17 and 40 feet across, and will approach at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon.

Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ...

Space-based solar power station can change the design of global energy supply by capturing solar energy from space and ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has partnered with the Carnegie Institution for Science to perform laboratory experiments ...

19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved ... pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of Mars eventually ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy in just three years. A new project celebrates its impact on the ...

Unlike terrestrial arrays, space-based photovoltaics can provide ... Australia's "first building" to be powered on-site by a solar facade system and Bilgin Architects' creation of one of Europe's ...