Planets are not living organisms and, like molecules, do not have to be biological. But at least one is deeply biological in ...

In spectacularly good timing a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the Sun is about to collide with an object which came from outside of the Solar System. On July 1, 2025, astronomers spotted an object ...

The spacecraft will map the boundaries of the heliosphere, study how Earth’s outer atmosphere reacts to solar activity and ...

On Sept. 24, 2025, NASA launched two new missions to study the influence of the Sun on the solar system, with further missions scheduled for 2026 and beyond.

The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.

Look, we don’t want to anthropomorphize, but is it possible that a planet that has gone to such lengths to make life ...

Stations on planet Earth have sent and received messages beamed via laser from NASA’s Psyche spacecraft over 350 million kilometers (218 million miles) away. This breakthrough in optical communication ...

As Universe Today reports, scientists have worked back the trajectory of the comet, known as 3I/ATLAS, back to what they ...

Created by the sun, the protective bubble of the heliosphere shields our solar system from harmful radiation. A new mission ...

An international study led by researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil has identified a little-known but potentially significant threat: Asteroids that share Venus's orbit and may ...

Astronomers have captured something extraordinary: the first-ever direct photo of a baby planet growing inside a dusty ring around a young star.

A high-energy neutrino may have come from a black hole explosion, hinting at Hawking radiation and dark matter clues.