For over a century, scientists have suspected there could be a hidden planet lurking far beyond Neptune—massive enough to shape the orbits of distant objects in the Kuiper Belt. Recent simulations and ...
Researchers using a synchrotron at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have been able to recover pieces of the ...
The sun’s outer atmosphere resembles a pufferfish. That’s what scientists have gleaned from the first verified maps of the shifting boundary between the sun and the rest of the solar system. “The ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket pierced the Wednesday morning sky as it launched three spacecraft from NASA and NOAA that will study the solar system’s “bubble,” collect information on ...
In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...