The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

Mars's moon Phobos is so strange that no one knows how it formed. But a forthcoming mission could solve this mystery - and a ...

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 ...

"We are the first mission to be able to track space weather events in three dimensions routinely across the solar system." ...

The lithium batteries used in most solar installations in South Africa are highly unlikely to cause trouble, but there are ...

Asteroids are more than just space rocks—they come in many shapes, sizes, and compositions, with some even defying scientific ...

Gov. Josh Green is calling for a renewed push to expand rooftop solar. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote speaks with the head of ...

Solar Orbiter has revealed that tiny, hair-like jets in the Sun’s coronal holes are responsible for both fast and slow solar ...

Solaris promises to be a major platform for education and research, with a particular focus on academic research into the Sun ...

While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud is fairly uniform, everything changes once a star begins to form.

Chemical traces and microbes could break down or transform as they rise, making them unrecognizable by the time they reach ...