We've known for over 30 years that there are other stellar systems in our galaxy, but we don't have any idea how many there ...

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

If that’s too long to wait, two total lunar eclipses are also coming, one in September and another next March. Unlike total ...

Understanding Solar Storms Solar storms, often referred to as space weather events, are a fascinating phenomenon that can ...

As the solar system passed through this region, its denser environment may have compressed the Sun’s protective bubble—the ...

Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but unlike any in our ...

The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...

UK stargazers were treated to a partial solar eclipse on Saturday morning, a phenomenon that sees the sun partially obscured ...

"This mission's trailblazing research is rewriting the textbooks on solar science by going to a place no human-made object ...

They also orbit near their stars, in many cases closer than Mercury is to the Sun. Our solar system, in contrast, appears to be different. "[Planetary scientists] have thought our solar system is not ...

Everyone's favorite dwarf planet, Pluto, was discovered just 95 years ago. Here's the story of how the once-ninth planet was ...

Weather could be an issue for many, but there are locations that will have a "fair chance" (about 40 to 60 percent) of ...