It’s commonly known that the Sun is the center of our solar system, with all the planets orbiting around it. However, this ...

We’ve all seen beautiful images of the Earth from space, some photographed by astronauts and others collected remotely by ...

Earth, between sweltering Venus and frozen Mars, formed and orbits within a band where water could persist in solid, liquid, and gaseous phases. Mars had surface water, but not as much as Earth, and ...

After seeing Elon Musk send thousands upon thousands of satellites into low-Earth orbit, it’s only natural to wonder, why can ...

At NASA, high-end computing is essential for many agency missions. This technology helps us advance our understanding of the ...

The scary parts of solar geoengineering don’t mean that we shouldn’t study it at all to accurately quantify the risks and ...

A 3D map of our cosmic neighborhood has revealed hot and cold regions as well as an "escape tunnel" from our local bubble.

Astronomers have been curious about the makeup of Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, ever since its discovery by ...

Model simulations offer insights into the fundamental properties of the solar magnetic field. New studies suggest that the Sun, like Earth, has polar vortices influenced by its magnetic environment. U ...

For nearly 40 years, scientists have generally agreed that Earth's Moon formed from debris after a massive collision with our ...

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