Space debris—the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit—pose a risk to humans when they fall to ...

A new analysis suggests modern satellite networks could suffer catastrophic collisions within days of losing control during a major solar storm. The phrase “House of Cards” is often associated today ...

Solar Orbiter has captured the clearest evidence yet that a solar flare grows through a cascading “magnetic avalanche.” Small, weak magnetic disturbances rapidly multiplied, triggering stronger and ...

The Pentagon recently awarded over 2,400 firms access to a $151 billion contract ceiling [1] to mobilize the U.S. industrial base for the Golden Dome missile defense architecture. This generational ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS leaving the Solar System marks a rare final farewell. Learn how to watch the last livestream and why scientists care, today!!

When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...

N1, also called Anvesha, built by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation. This sophisticated hyperspectral ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you'd like an expert to answer, send it to ...

India's Aditya-L1 solar observatory has unveiled the destructive mechanics of a powerful solar storm that hit Earth in ...

Astronomers at Princeton University have uncovered evidence that the outer solar system is more structured than long believed. Led by astrophysics doctoral student Amir Siraj, the research points to a ...

An artist's illustration of the view from a Kuiper Belt object. (CREDIT: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)) Astronomers at Princeton University have uncovered evidence that the outer solar system is ...

It was almost 100 years ago that Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered Pluto. That was the last planet found until 1992, when humans found another one. But this new planet wasn't in our solar system—it was ...