LASCO observations of the asteroid Phaethon recorded in May 2022 showed clear signs of activity in the sodium-sensitive orange filter (left), but the object was entirely undetectable in LASCO’s ...

The Soho-5000 comet identified Monday appears in the smaller white box in the upper left hand corner of the NASA image captured by the SOHO spacecraft. Photo courtesy of ESA/NASA/LASCO G2/UPI March 27 ...

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New observations of asteroid 3200 Phaethon have upended years of assumptions about this already bizarre object while adding another layer of mystery to the Geminids, one of the year's best meteor ...

The brightest comet of the year was spotted skimming just past the sun by a satellite orbiting our star. The comment, named Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on January ...

Comet Lovejoy is visible near Earth’s horizon in this nighttime image photographed by NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, onboard the International Space Station on Dec. 21, 2011.

With some researchers predicting the onset of severe solar weather in a few years, NASA is planning to triple team the sun by keeping one ancient craft alive to provide critical support for two fancy ...

When it comes to tools, the more they are used, the less reliable they can get. "Coronagraph images are vital for us to detect the CME, measure it, put the information into a model, and from the model ...