Solar prominences occur when the sun’s plasma, flowing along the magnetic field lines that the sun creates, forms a loop into space along the edge of the sun’s disk. When a prominence becomes ...

Astronomers have identified a rare sednoid called Ammonite, an icy object beyond Neptune that offers new insight into the ...

A recent study by geophysicists at Washington State University offers insight into how nutrients may reach the subsurface ...

Voyager 1 solar system edge revealed a sharp, energetic boundary. Here’s what it found, how NASA verified it and why it ...

Earth and its neighbors orbit the sun on a relatively flat plane. But what's below this plane, and is anythign below the ...

In the bigger picture, “down” could be defined as being below the plane of the solar system, which is known as the ecliptic.

New polarimetry data on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reveals bizarre refractory dust, proving this alien visitor formed in a ...

Diagram to show the different satellites that made up the ad-hoc sensor network in this study. Their combined data helped ...

At times, the sun ejects energetic material into space, which can have consequences for space-based and even ground-based ...

Which way is ‘down’ has a different answer depending on where you are on Earth, in the solar system, in our galaxy and beyond ...

To improve the adaptability of solar refrigeration systems to different heat sources, a single-double-effect LiBr-H2O absorption refrigeration system (ARS) driven by solar energy was designed and ...

In labs focused on clean energy, a quiet shift is underway. Instead of treating carbon dioxide as a dead-end waste gas, researchers want to turn it into a useful starting point.