Interstellar Visitor May Have Scrambled Our Solar System
The enormous visitor to our solar system may have been about 8 times the mass of Jupiter, and come nearly as close to the sun ...
Solar Flares: NASA Reveals Early Warning Sign of 'Dangerous Space Weather'
"Some of the extreme ultraviolet light above active regions flickers erratically for a few hours before a solar flare," ...
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20 years after crashing in the Utah desert, NASA's Genesis mission is still teaching us about solar wind
Genesis data is now producing high impact science in cosmochemistry, solar physics, coronal mass ejections, and space ...
Seven planets are lining up in the sky next month. This is what it really means
Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.
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NASA astronaut snaps photo of 'totally amazing' comet from space station
The International Space Station is captured ... Credit: Don Pettit / NASA Comets are enormous balls of ice, dust, and rock that formed in the outer solar system, left over from the early days ...
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 10 years of keeping its lens trained on the giants of the solar system
One of these missions is the Outer Planet Atmosphere Legacy (OPAL) project, which involves Hubble making yearly observations ...
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Astronaut Set to Patch NASA’s X-ray Telescope Aboard Space Station
NASA astronaut Nick Hague will install patches to the agency’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) X-ray ...
Two Private Moon Landers Have Launched at Once: What to Know
Robotic vehicles from Firefly Aerospace of Texas and Ispace of Japan parted ways early Wednesday after being launched on the ...
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Earth's elusive 'ignorosphere' could shed new light on auroras
Although they don't impact the surface directly, historical evidence and simulations suggest airbursts can pack a punch.
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe sets new record for sun proximity
Operations teams have confirmed NASA's mission to ... its impacts throughout our solar system, including on the technology we use daily on Earth and in space, as well as learn about the workings ...
Six planets will align in rare parade tonight – here’s the best way to see spectacle
Throughout January, six planets will line up in the night sky, with tonight offering the best chance of viewing the ‘planet ...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe Flies Closer to Sun Than Any Human-Made Object Ever
According to NASA, the Parker Solar Probe reached speeds of up to 430,000 mph, enduring temperatures as high as 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit (982 Celsius). Although the probe is scheduled to orbit the sun ...