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Researchers have created an improved traffic light system for predicting geomagnetic storms. They are now testing how well ...

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The enormous visitor to our solar system may have been about 8 times the mass of Jupiter, and come nearly as close to the sun ...

Caribbean sounds help bring the Solar System to life and make space education more inclusive.

Magnetic Field Maps of the Sun's Corona Sep. 11, 2024 — Astronomers have achieved a major breakthrough in solar physics by successfully ... July 19, 2024 — Space storms could soon be ...

But such events are not just a spectacle for stargazers – they can also have a real impact on our Solar System and offer the ...

When you first learned about the Solar System, you probably saw diagrams that made it look orderly, with planets arranged in ...

It took two years for NASA's OSIRIS-REx space probe to return from asteroid Bennu before dropping off a small capsule as it ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has provided groundbreaking insights into a new type of exoplanet, fundamentally different ...

NASA's IMAP mission will delve into the mysteries of the heliosphere, mapping its boundaries and studying solar wind ...