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Solar Orbiter just delivered its most jaw-dropping image yet—an enormous, detailed snapshot of the Sun's blazing outer ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them ...

Solar Orbiter pieced together 200 ultraviolet images to show our star’s million-degree atmosphere in all its glory.

Scientists confirm the Sun's charged particles can create water on the Moon. Learn how solar wind interacts with lunar soil.

The researchers found strong evidence of a chemical called dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in the planet's atmosphere. On Earth, DMS is produced only by living organisms, so it appears to be a compelling sign ...

A sudden flash of light in 2020 caught the attention of astronomers scanning the sky. That brief signal, spotted by Caltech’s ...

The "Blue Marble" was the first photo of the whole Earth and the only ever taken by a human. Fifty years on, new images of the planet reveal visible changes to the Earth's surface.

NEW YORK – A newly discovered green comet tracked by telescopes has likely broken apart as it swung by the sun, dashing hopes ...

A distant galaxy that lay quiet for decades has suddenly stirred, lighting up in dramatic bursts that have caught astronomers ...

The moon’s glowing appearance comes from the sun’s reflected light, leading to its typical white or golden hue, according to NASA. Instead, the “pink” name is a nod to the arrival of blooming flowers ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which has been monitoring the sun from Earth orbit since 2010, followed up on the event. Using high-resolution imaging, SDO traced the outburst back to a ...