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The most powerful solar storm to impact Earth in decades caused the temporary formation of radiation belts around Earth, NASA recently announced. A NASA CubeSat satellite made the discovery, which ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

The largest solar storm in two decades hit Earth in May 2024. For several days, wave after wave of high-energy charged ...

"We are the first mission to be able to track space weather events in three dimensions routinely across the solar system." ...

All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – ...

China has announced plans to build a giant solar power space station, which will be lifted into orbit piece by piece using the nation's brand-new heavy lift rockets.

In May 2024, a powerful solar storm had a massive impact on our planet, with effects felt even at the ocean floor. Due to a ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

Our Solar System is a carefully balanced celestial dance held together by a virtually perfect balance of gravity and inertia.

Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our solar system has been well known. It's ...