For decades, scientists have tried in vain to accurately predict solar flares—intense bursts of light on the sun that can ...

Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun, is one of the most breathtaking sights in our solar system. With stunning visuals ...

New observational data from the James Webb Space Telescope and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike ...

A very rare treat is about to grace Earth's night skies.

Volunteer Katie Fountaine demonstrates an interactive tabletop where visitors can build their own virtual solar system Dec. 11 during the grand opening of the NASA exhibit Discover Exoplanets ...

Snapchat Plus Planets offers a fun and interactive way to visualize your closest friends by assigning them planets in a solar system based on the frequency of your interactions. This feature is ...

This alignment of two of the brightest planets in the solar system will bring Venus and Jupiter much closer to each other in the sky than they usually appear. The second total lunar eclipse of ...

New research is offering unprecedented insights into the icy planetesimals of the early solar system, such as trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and centaurs. Planetesimals are small, celestial objects ...

After years of braving the heat and dust of the inner solar system, taking blasts of solar energy and radiation that no spacecraft has ever seen, Parker Solar Probe continues to thrive." ...

The probe sent a signal to Earth indicating that it had survived the closest solar encounter ever attempted by a spacecraft. By Katrina Miller On Dec. 24, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe swooped ...

For a few days, they simply won't know, at least not until the spacecraft — NASA's Parker Solar Probe — phones home with a simple "status beacon" on Friday (Dec. 27) to let its science team ...

The probe has already braved coronal mass ejections, major blowups that spew the sun’s plasma out into the solar system. The mission team is hoping for stormier solar seas that might illuminate ...