NASA launches mission to study sun-fueled solar bubble

A NASA mission to study the heliosphere—the sun's magnetic bubble that shields our solar system—and develop a better ...
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

NASA’s IMAP Mission Passes Major Prelaunch Milestone

NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) completed its Flight Readiness Review on Sept. 18, which certifies ...
The Times Leader

INSIDE SCOOP TODAY Fans of the sun-centered solar system will wa

Fans of the sun-centered solar system will want to down a few Zywiecs in honor of Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who was born on Feb. 19, 1473. That would make him 536 years old – an age ...

2 newly launched NASA missions will help scientists understand the influence of the Sun, both from up close and afar

On Sept. 24, 2025, NASA launched two new missions to study the influence of the Sun on the solar system, with further ...

What is the heliosphere? A new mission could unravel the mysteries of this complex cosmic environment

Created by the sun, the protective bubble of the heliosphere shields our solar system from harmful radiation. A new mission ...

What's the latest on interstellar object 3I/ATLAS? Mars, Jupiter missions to observe comet

Need a refresher about 3I/ATLAS? Here's everything to know about the interstellar object, including when the latest observations will be made.

Has 3I/ATLAS' tail been growing? Telescope observations reveal how comet has changed

A telescope in Chile recently glimpsed 3I/ATLAS' glowing tail, which observations reveal has grown as the interstellar object ...
Scientific American

How a Passing Star Could Oust Planets from the Solar System

There’s a bit of a paradox about our galaxy: it’s both jam-packed with stars and cavernously empty. The Milky Way is crowded in the sense that it holds hundreds of billions of stars, as well as ...