This artist’s concept depicts one of the solar system’s inner planets slamming into Earth after being nudged on a collision course by a passing star. Such a world-shattering cataclysm is ...

The first images released by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory show details of our Solar System with unprecedented clarity.

The Last Time NASA's Voyager "Looked Back" At Our Solar System, This Is What It Saw Before it met the 30,000-50,000 kelvin wall at the edge of our Solar System, Voyager 1 took its final images.

NASA’s PUNCH mission is mapping the solar wind and explosive solar events in 3D, offering new insights into space weather threats.

Algorithm streamlines vascular system design for 3D printed hearts by Laura Castañón, Stanford University edited by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun.

We present CosmoScout VR - a modular 3D Solar System for interactive exploration and presentation of large space mission datasets. This paper describes the overall architecture as well as several core ...

Heavenly questions China extends its reach into the Solar System with launch of asteroid mission Tianwen-2 will first return samples from an asteroid, then explore a mysterious comet-like object.

A new telescope project called the Next-Generation Very Large Array will revolutionize radio astronomy if it gets the funding it needs ...

UK architecture studio Foster + Partners has released designs of a solar panel-lined tower for use on the Moon as part of a project with NASA and 3D printing studio Branch Technology. In a concept ...

Scientists grab 3D holograms mid-air like science fiction movies in a world-first The team replaced rigid diffusers with elastic ones to make volumetric displays safe for touch interaction.