A NASA spacecraft has just reached its permanent observation point to begin a mission unlike any before. Known as IMAP, the ...
A NASA mission is underway to map the heliosphere, which is a huge protective bubble around the solar system that was created by the sun.
At an estimated velocity of 250,000 kilometers per hour, interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS lacked the luxury of long, recurring ...
Using data from the eROSITA All-Sky Survey, astronomers have created a 3D map of the low-density bubble of X-ray-emitting, million-degree hot gas that surrounds the solar system. The investigation has ...
NASA’s newly launched IMAP mission is set to tell us more about the boundary between our Solar System and interstellar space ...
Earlier this summer, astronomers discovered something strange whizzing past Jupiter: an interstellar object. Scientists named it 3I/ATLAS. It’s only the third interstellar object ever observed, and it ...
A 3D map of our cosmic neighborhood has revealed hot and cold regions as well as an "escape tunnel" from our local bubble. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...