NASA's Parker Solar Probe is set to make its final flyby of Venus on Wednesday, setting up the spacecraft to become the closest human-made object to the Sun on Christmas Eve this year.

Tiny grains from asteroid Ryugu are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar system over 4.6 billion years ago. The findings suggest the distal solar system ...

As technology continues to progress, though, could we uncover a new one? Astrophysicists don't know if there are ...

The Parker Solar Probe is gearing up for a final swing past Venus on November 6, which will nudge it into ... While that ...

The spunky probe's final gravity assist around Venus will put it on track to break records near the Sun next month.

The Hidden Story of the Venus Impact In our cosmic neighborhood's tumultuous youth, chaos reigned supreme. Picture a celestial shooting gallery where rocky projectiles careened through space, ...

Mars once boasted abundant water, warmer temperatures, and a thicker atmosphere, offering a potentially habitable ecosystem ...

Rocks were flying everywhere, willy-nilly, smacking into the newly formed planets, pocking them with craters and gouging out ...

On Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will complete its final Venus gravity assist maneuver, passing within ...

The planet Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. There’s nothing to walk ...

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...

This month, catch planetary views of Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, witness a close pass of the Parker Solar Probe by Venus, and ...