Pluto remains one of the most beloved and enigmatic worlds in our solar system, whether you call it a planet or not. A space-based telescope has captured new images of the sun that showcase one of ...

The "heliosphere" refers to a region (akin to a bubble) around the sun. This region actually encapsulates our entire solar system, and is formed as a result of solar wind particles streaming from ...

Most people hear “spacecraft” and envision rockets blasting into space, but they’re often not aware of the meticulous ...

high-definition 3D map of the heliosphere. The heliosphere is the vast bubble-like region around the Sun that extends beyond the solar system, formed by solar wind particles interacting with ...

Bartels: Yeah, so heliophysics is the study of the sun and also its ... to stay within the inner solar system, but it’s gonna actually map the edge of the heliosphere, so where the solar wind ...

PUNCH's main goal is to study how the Sun's corona transforms into solar wind, a stream of charged particles that flows ...

Scheduled to launch on Feb. 27, NASA's PUNCH mission could revolutionize space weather forecasts, unify the solar corona and the heliosphere, and help improve astronomy techniques.