Cosmic dust could play key role in cracking long-standing mystery of solar corona heating

A researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has published a new study in The Astrophysical Journal suggesting that tiny charged dust ...

New Horizons tracks solar wind slowdown as interstellar atoms add drag

A new Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) study based on data from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has uncovered insights into ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Rare Comet Made History as the Third Known Interstellar Object to Fly Through Our Solar System. Studies Are Now Revealing the Mysterious Conditions in Which I…

In the latest research, telescope observations of 3I/ATLAS examine its chemical structure and suggest that it took shape in a ...
Scientific American

NASA prepares to launch an unprecedented mission to save a dying space telescope

LINK’s mission is to rescue one of the most scientifically productive astronomical facilities in operation: NASA’s Neil ...

Snapchat planets meaning: Order, rankings, and how friend solar system works

Snapchat Planets turns your friendship ranking into a tiny social solar system, where being Mercury is elite and Neptune ...

Astronomers find biggest super-puff planets yet, lighter than cotton candy

Comparable to shaving foam, astronomers find the wispiest planets yet. They're in the southern "flying fish" constellation.