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NASA is set to launch three spacecrafts Tuesday with the goal of unlocking the mysteries of solar weather at the edge of our solar system.

Recent airborne science flights to Greenland are improving NASA's understanding of space weather by measuring radiation exposure to air ...

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

NASA is inviting the public to take part in 36 “citizen science” projects that let volunteers contribute to real scientific discoveries.

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NASA has begun taking 3,600 unique images each day to create a new map of the cosmos with its newly-launched SPHEREx observatory. Credit: NASA ...

At the edge of the heliosphere, the solar wind runs up against the interstellar medium, the gas, dust, and radiation in the space between the stars. This boundary remains a poorly understood frontier ...

NASA is preparing for a potential cosmic showdown! Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a small chance of slamming into the Moon — but the consequences could reach Earth. That’s why NASA, along with top research ...

The viewing of the newly discovered comet will get better through this month. Here are some tips on finding the comet.

Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), which shows thermal light, collected observations of the planet that allowed the team to discover signs of molecules within an accumulation of matter out of ...