A new category of space rock called “dark comets” are proving more common than previously thought, with 14 asteroid-comet ...

Over the last ten years, OPAL has observed Uranus' northern hemisphere, which has faced the inner solar system for the ...

By detecting frozen water in a distant protoplanetary disk located 1,300 light-years away in the Orion Nebula, JWST has ...

New research on Comet 67P indicates that its water may be similar to Earth's, contradicting earlier findings by Rosetta's ...

New Solar Composition Ratios That Could Reconcile Longstanding Questions Nov. 12, 2024 — A team combined compositional data of primitive bodies like Kuiper Belt objects, asteroids and comets ...

The communications lag between Earth and Jupiter means missions to Europa will need to be smart to deal with problems on ...

It's titled "Permanent capture into the solar system," and the authors are Edward Belbruno from the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Yeshiva University, and James Green, formerly of NASA and ...

9. New NASA science results will be presented regarding the 2024 solar eclipse, the future of rotorcraft on other planets, a new initiative to create the most comprehensive airborne mineral map in the ...

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently tested prototypes of miniature, self-propelled robots designed to ...

This includes designing radiation protection vests and helping to improve solar storm forecasting. NASA also takes measurements of the solar wind around the solar system to help better understand the ...

NASA has confirmed that after a pause in communications ... were launched on a tour of the gas giant planets of the solar system. After beaming back dazzling postcard views of Jupiter’s giant ...

NASA says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration captured an image of a “strong” solar flare that occurred early ...