NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) can be seen with the naked eye as it orbits Earth, and can be tracked with a helpful app. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Scientists have just discovered a rare interstellar object hurtling through the solar system, and it's expected to make its closest approach to Earth on October 30. Officially named 3I/ATLAS, the ...

NASA spacecraft across the inner solar system captured new views of Comet 3I/ATLAS—the third known interstellar object ...

The widely talked about Comet 3I/ATLAS will pass by the sun on Thursday, but it will be December before stargazers can get a ...

NASA confirms hydrogen detection from 3I/Atlas using MAVEN, providing new clues about the interstellar comet’s makeup.

Spacecraft data has confirmed successful deployment of the futuristic technology. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. More than four ...

Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be confused for Mars. The alluvial basin is full of tan and gray regolith, hued ...

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by scientists from around the world, ...

NASA has discovered a new interstellar comet that's currently located about 420 million miles away from Earth. The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the Atlas telescope in Chile on ...

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Solar System Division, Washington has selected seven California institutions for grants to support the Outer Planets Research Program. The Outer Planets Research ...

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Solar System Division, Washington, selected the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, for a grant to support the Outer Planets Research Program. The ...

On August 25, 2012, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft measured drastic changes in radiation levels, more than 11 billion miles from the Sun. Anomalous cosmic rays, which are cosmic rays trapped in the outer ...