Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is tearing across the inner solar system at roughly 130,000 miles per hour, a speed that turns ...

Solar flares have an enormous impact on the wider Solar System. These sudden releases of energy can cause geomagnetic storms ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has turned into one of the strangest visitors in the recent history of the solar system, ...

Solar prominences occur when the sun’s plasma, flowing along the magnetic field lines that the sun creates, forms a loop into space along the edge of the sun’s disk. When a prominence becomes ...

Solar Orbiter has captured the clearest evidence yet that a solar flare grows through a cascading “magnetic avalanche.” Small ...

Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter ...

A rare discovery beyond Neptune is forcing scientists to rethink early solar system dynamics and the forces that shaped ...

The Helix Nebula is one of the most well-known and commonly photographed planetary nebulae because it resembles the “ Eye of ...

China advances plans for dual solar system boundary missions China has published coordinated papers outlining dual missions ...

At times, the sun ejects energetic material into space, which can have consequences for space-based and even ground-based ...

JUICE and the Hubble Space Telescope turned their gazes towards the interstellar visitor in November. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...