This week's science news.

A new telescope technology—measuring just 6 millimeters (0.24 inches) in diameter—could improve how future space missions ...

"These first images of the solar poles are just the start." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The European Space Agency's Solar ...

Every classroom globe, every satellite photo of Earth from orbit, every map projection of the planet’s surface carries an ...

The moon hovers over a shadowy void wreathed in sunlight in a stunning new photo taken by NASA's Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission on April 27. PUNCH is a collection of ...

Parker's instruments are gathering measurements while the Sun is in an active phase of its 11-year solar cycle, a period ...

A violent solar eruption on May 31 launched a coronal mass ejection (CME) hurtling toward Earth, triggering a rare G4-level geomagnetic storm alert. Captured in real-time by U.S. Naval Research ...

Space weather forecasting doesn't yet command the same resources as Earth weather forecasting, even though the stakes are growing. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Pop culture has been lying to you about what happens in outer space. See some of the wildest space rumors that NASA has ...