A 3D map of our cosmic neighborhood has revealed hot and cold regions as well as an "escape tunnel" from our local bubble.

Researchers have developed a compact and lightweight single-photon airborne lidar system that can acquire high-resolution 3D images with a low-power laser. This advance could make single-photon ...

By orbiting the Sun outside of the Solar System’s orbital plane, the spacecraft has captured the first clear images of the Sun’s south pole. According to the ESA, these observations (and other ...

Discover interesting facts about the sun, the solar system's central star that supports all life on Earth.

The Solar Orbiter has captured humanity's first look at the south pole of the sun, revealing messy magnetic fields and particles being ejected at high speeds.

What minerals within the grain samples from asteroid Ryugu that returned to Earth can teach scientists about this intriguing ...

An object from outside the solar system has been spotted hurtling towards the sun, the European Space Agency (ESA) has said.

Eps Ind Ab provides a unique opportunity to study the atmospheric composition of true Solar System analogs. This work, led by Elisabeth Matthews, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy ...

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show.