NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office sounds like something out of a disaster movie, but its work is far more methodical than cinematic. Instead of scrambling at the last minute, the office ...

A NASA mission to study the heliosphere—the sun's magnetic bubble that shields our solar system—and develop a better understanding of space weather was launched from the agency's Kennedy Space Center ...

A NASA probe has started its mission to map the heliosphere, which is a huge protective bubble around the solar system that was created by the sun, the space agency announced on Monday. The space ...

Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be confused for Mars. The alluvial basin is full of tan and gray regolith, hued ...

In 1977, NASA launched the Voyager probes to study the edge of the Solar System and the interstellar medium between the stars. One by one, they each encountered the “wall of fire” at the boundary of ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has confirmed an interstellar object is passing through our solar system. The object is a comet hailing from the direction of the constellation ...

NASA may not be able to move forward three planned Venus missions as budget pressures force difficult trade-offs across its planetary science portfolio.

Spread the loveIn a remarkable display of NASA’s ongoing commitment to planetary defense, the space agency has confirmed that a car-sized asteroid, designated as 2025 GL, will make a close approach to ...

Michelle Thompson, associate professor of earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences in the College of Science, will present “A Time Machine to the Early Solar System: Analyzing Samples from Asteroid ...

(Phys.org)—NASA is powering ahead toward new destinations in the solar system. This week marks one year of progress since the formation of the Space Launch System (SLS), the nation's next step in ...