Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.

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

A very rare treat is about to grace Earth's night skies.

By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today. THE question of the origin of the solar system is ...

Emily Simpson has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now a recent Florida ...

The speedy flyby would make the probe the fastest human-made object in history, the agency shared ... of braving the heat and dust of the inner solar system, taking blasts of solar energy and ...

In a new study my colleagues and I published in December 2024, we discovered two classes of these elusive dark comets The solar system is teeming ... be excited for the future This research ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has once again made history, completing its closest ... After years of braving the heat and dust of the inner solar system, taking blasts of solar energy and radiation ...

Additionally, these findings may inform the design of future missions aimed at exploring ... published on geeksided.com as Parker Solar Probe makes history: A close encounter with the Sun ...

On December 24, the spacecraft will be within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) from the Sun’s surface, making it the closest solar approach in history. At that distance, the mission ...

"By studying the sun up close, we can better understand its impacts throughout our solar system, including on the technology we use daily on Earth, as well as learn about the workings of stars across ...