The New Horizons spacecraft sends back its sensational snapshots of Jupiter, and its volcanic moon Io, before the mission's close encounter with Pluto (Photo by: Photo12/Universal Images Group via ...

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We have the means today to fly a spacecraft by an interstellar object visiting our solar system, a new study concludes — and we could have done it already with comet 3I/ATLAS. Flyby reconnaissance of ...

Scientists suggest that a fifth, hidden force linked to dark energy may exist in the solar system but has not yet been ...

If we are sending manned interstellar missions to other star systems, it becomes very hard to keep masses and power levels nearly reasonable. Interstellar travel missions really work out better after ...

In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast moving body using the world’s most powerful telescopes. It was found to be ...

A NASA probe has started its mission to map the heliosphere, which is a huge protective bubble around the solar system that was created by the sun, the space agency announced on Monday. The space ...

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