NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission has detected magnetic distortions in solar wind, known as switchbacks. To better understand ...

Using NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope, astronomers witnessed a massive black hole jet slam into an unknown object in space.

The two Proba-3 satellites launched from India at 5:34 am EST (10:34 UTC) Thursday, riding a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle ...

A pair of satellites astronomers hope can create an artificial eclipse were launched from a site in India last week.

New images of the sun captured by the Solar Orbiter mission showcase the highest-resolution views of our star’s visible surface ever seen, revealing sunspots and continuously moving charged gas ...

The Parker Solar Probe had already made several close passes of the sun, but the recent flyby was its closest, coming within about 3.8 million miles (6 million km) of the solar surface.

A new category of space rock called “dark comets” are proving more common than previously thought, with 14 asteroid-comet ...

Each cube-shaped spacecraft is less than 5 feet (1.5 meters) across. The shadow-casting satellite holds a disk to block the ...