Astronomers analyzing data from Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered the fastest-ever spinning asteroid with a diameter ...

Through Carnegie Mellon University’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program, junior physics major Joao Passos is studying brown dwarfs — objects bigger than planets but smaller than stars — ...

Ever since the beginning of the Space Age, the inner planets and the Earth-Moon system have received the lion’s share of attention. That makes sense; it’s a whole lot easier to get to the Moon, or ...

It’s been a busy week for NASA in the days leading up to Halloween. In the spirit of the season, the agency recently released a new image of the Eagle Nebula captured by the James Webb Space Telescope ...

Visitors from throughout Southern California often park their beach chairs and fishing gear on the narrow stretch of rocky sand that surrounds the Big Bear Solar Observatory, as it juts into Big Bear ...

On February 11, 2010, NASA launched a spacecraft to study the inner workings of the sun. The new Solar Dynamics Observatory was made to take the most detailed and comprehensive measurements of the sun ...

The "milestone in solar physics" will help scientists better understand space weather and its impact on our tech-dependent ...

In May 2024, the strongest solar storm in twenty years raged. An international team led by ETH Zurich observed it. Their ...

Scientists develop new optical system that removes blur over fine-structure in the Sun’s corona, revealing clearest images to date This time-lapse video of a prominence above the solar surface reveals ...

The SUIT payload onboard Aditya-L1 spacecraft captured the sun's full disk on first light earlier this week (Image credit: ISRO). An instrument onboard India's first sun-studying observatory has ...

The new satellite is nicknamed after a figure from Chinese mythology: Kuafu, a giant who tried to catch and tame the Sun. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...