NASA's Webb telescope has captured images of multiple planets in a nearby star system, confirming that Webb can infer exoplanet atmospheres' chemistry.

As the agency's SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar mission rode toward their orbital stations tonight (March 11) at ...

The mysterious Oort cloud is the source of many of our solar system's comets, but astronomers still have no idea what it looks like. Now, new simulations may have given them a first glimpse.

Both groundbreaking missions promise to reveal previously unseen and unknown aspects of our solar system and galaxy. “These missions cover the full breadth of the science that NASA does every ...

As per NASA, Oort Cloud is the most distant region in our solar system (Representational picture). A mysterious cloud of space rock and debris in the outer reaches of our solar system might ...

Astronomers have discovered that the Solar System traversed the Orion star-forming complex, a component of the Radcliffe Wave galactic structure, approximately 14 million years ago. This journey ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has, for the fourth time, rescheduled the launch of its twin missions ... enabling scientists to look into the inner solar system. “We will be ...

Both groundbreaking missions promise to reveal previously unseen and unknown aspects of our solar system and galaxy. “These missions cover the full breadth of the science that NASA does every ...

Mar. 11, 2025 — A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth and among the most common in ...

"We think this is a so-called super-Neptune world orbiting a low-mass star at a distance that would lie between the orbits of Venus and Earth if it were in our solar system," says astronomer Sean ...