Created by the sun, the protective bubble of the heliosphere shields our solar system from harmful radiation. A new mission has launched to map it like never before.

Scientists believe life may exist in Enceladus' subsurface ocean. Now, a new ESA mission will send spacecraft to the moon to probe for life.

McComas, a professor of astrophysical sciences and associated faculty in mechanical and aerospace engineering, is the principal investigator for the entire NASA science mission. Rankin, a research ...

Space is full of mysterious sounds, some of which even have explanations. But that's far from the case when it comes to this knocking sound heard decades ago.

For researchers at the University of Idaho, spotting a moon 6 miles wide orbiting Uranus, a staggering 1.8 billion miles from Earth, may actually be easier than finding a white cat in a snowstorm.

The NASA Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), along with secondary payloads, launched aboard a Falcon 9 on Wednesday, Sept. 24, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at the Kennedy Space ...

For researchers at the University of Idaho, spotting a moon 6 miles wide orbiting Uranus, a staggering 1.8 billion miles from Earth, may actually be easier than finding a white cat in a snowstorm. A t ...

But over the summer, 3I/ATLAS, has plunged toward the inner solar system—and the fireworks show has begun in earnest. When comets get close to the sun, they develop a sparkly tail and a blooming coma, ...

Europa, Jupiter’s frozen moon, is one of the most promising places in the solar system to harbor life, with a vast hidden ocean beneath its icy crust. While robotic missions like Pioneer, Voyager, and ...