Like other stars, the sun will eventually run out of energy and end up engulfing mercury and venus, possibly earth as well. The sun is about 150 million kilometers away from the earth.
The mysteries of the cosmos continue to unravel, with scientists piecing together clues about the origins of our solar system ...
Nearly 47 years ago, two NASA spacecrafts were bound for one of the grandest journeys across our solar system to fly by and ...
On its 66th flyby of the king of planets, Juno has captured spectacular views of the stormy atmosphere, processed by citizen ...
NASA-supported scientists have developed a method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons, which will help interpret data from missions like NASA's Europa Clipper.
The probe will orbit the sun "close enough to pass inside a solar eruption, like a surfer diving under a crashing ocean wave, ...
Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...
A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...
A six-mile-thick crust of methane trapped in water ice could explain many of the saturnian moon's weird properties ...
NASA’s Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX) is set to launch to the International Space Station to explore new details about ...
NASA’s Voyager mission launched in the 1970s. Today, it’s making history as it conducts new science. But how are two ...
A distant white dwarf hosts an Earth-like planet in an orbit that might be similar to Earth’s if it survives the Sun’s red giant phase.