When news first broke that a foreign body, nicknamed Atlas, had drifted into our solar system from the deep unknown, the story ignited imaginations across the world. Unlike the countless comets and ...

When news first broke that a foreign body, nicknamed Atlas, had drifted into our solar system from the deep unknown, the story ignited imaginations across the world. Unlike the countless comets and ...

At the time, astronomer Jerry Ehman spotted the highly unusual outburst in printed out records, annotating the major radio band fluctuation with the word “Wow!” in red pen, thereby giving it a ...

NASA’s IMAP mission will explore the heliosphere and study how it shields Earth from cosmic radiation and space weather.

From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of glass and bright white structures. Despite being just outside Tucson, Arizona, ...

Bizarre NASA discoveries that we’re not allowed to talk about (but we will) Space exploration consistently reveals phenomena that challenge our understanding of the cosmos, from ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...

A lot happened in 2011. Prince William and Kate Middleton tied the knot, the influential video game Minecraft was released, and the record-breaking finale of the Harry Potter film franchise dropped, ...

The three satellites look to measure mysteries of space weather while also acting as a warning system for its dangerous effects.

SpaceX is set to launch early Wednesday to send up three satellites on a million-mile trip to tackle the mysteries of space weather including how to protect from the sun’s disruptive and dangerous ...