A new study examines how much material from the closest star system to Earth will end up in orbit around the Sun, and how ...

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

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

In 2023, the European Space Agency reported on Solar Orbiter's discovery of tiny jets near the sun's south pole that could be powering the solar wind. The team behind this research has now used even ...

Predictions are uncertain, but the solar system may be pushed farther from the galactic core or even ejected entirely from the new galaxy.

During two recent flybys ... Sun’s magnetic field does not turn back down into the Sun but rather travels outward into the solar system, according to ESA. Charged particles use the magnetic ...

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

Cosmic rays coming from outside the Solar System bring these particles closer to the Sun, where they experience changes ...

Our Solar System is simple—one star, planets orbiting around it. But what happens in a system with multiple stars? Scientists ...

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

Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...

A freeze on federal loans and grants is creating turmoil for some rural U.S. business owners who fear they won’t get ...