NASA’s newly launched IMAP mission is set to tell us more about the boundary between our Solar System and interstellar space ...
Solar System's Run-In With 'Space Cloud' May Have Triggered a Series of Ice Ages 2 Million Years Ago, Says Scientists Around two million years ago, Earth underwent a series of temperature fluctuations ...
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Earth and its neighbors orbit the sun on a relatively flat plane. But what's below this plane, and is anythign below the ...
A rare and intense energy flare from the sun has reached our planet, leading to what scientists say is the most violent solar ...
The Solar System remains a unique natural laboratory for exploring the processes that govern planetary formation, evolution and dynamics. Contemporary research continues to refine our understanding of ...
A new analysis estimates that the asteroid belt is steadily losing mass each year, and may not be as permanent a feature of the solar system as we thought. When you purchase through links on our site, ...
The discovery that helium and iron can mix at the temperatures and pressures found at the center of Earth could settle a long-standing debate over how our planet formed. When you purchase through ...
Powerful solar storm causes GPS disruptions & stunning auroras. Learn about the impact of solar radiation storms on ...