NASA's Parker Solar Probe has flown into the Suns corona. Structures known as coronal streamers and the Milky Way can be seen in the footage it captured. [NASA's Parker Solar Probe has touched the sun ...

Astronomers have spotted a new comet, moving on a trajectory that indicates that it whizzed into our solar system from interstellar space and is just passing through. It's only the third time ...

I/ATLAS is a fast, ancient interstellar object. Its odd features fuel both scientific study and speculation. On July 1, astronomers detected a strange, fast-moving object racing toward the Sun. Named ...

NASA has discovered a new interstellar comet that's currently located about 420 million miles away from Earth. The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the Atlas telescope in Chile on ...

But We're Still Missing One… NASA has officially confirmed over 6,000 exoplanets — mysterious worlds beyond our solar system. From gas giants and super-Earths to lava-covered orbs flying through space ...

A space instrument built by the University of Colorado Boulder will launch aboard a NASA spacecraft on Sept. 23 to detect and ...

An expensive lunar rover that once had its moon trip canceled has a ride once again. NASA has selected Blue Origin to help ...

The newly discovered interstellar visitor is just the third of its kind and fascinates astronomers who hope to learn from it about galaxies far,... Astronomers have spotted a new comet, moving on a ...

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