NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe reached its final orbit around the Sun-Earth L1 point on Jan. 10, 2026.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From left to right, this graphic illustrates how NASA's Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists are using a solar wind forecasting method combined with analytic and numerical heliosphere models to find out where the first plasma boundary of the ...

The magnetic field of the Sun plays a crucial role in shaping the heliosphere — the domain of the Sun — by accelerating the solar wind into a pair of jets As the Sun skims through the galaxy, it ...

Throughout any given year, the National Academies convene hundreds of conferences, workshops, symposia, forums, roundtables, and other gatherings that attract the finest minds in academia and the ...

Astrophysicists calculate the likelihood that Earth was exposed to cold, harsh interstellar clouds, a phenomenon not previously considered in geologic climate models. Around two million years ago, ...

What it means: The heliosphere is the region around the sun that's affected by the solar wind, a flow of charged particles emanating from the sun. Think of the heliosphere like a giant bubble ...

Imagine that you have a secret decoder ring that you can use to decipher a secret message with important clues about things around you: where they came from, why they are there, and what will become ...

NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission has successfully tested a new method for predicting ...

Scientists have developed a new prediction of the shape of the bubble surrounding our solar system using a model developed with data from NASA missions. All the planets of our solar system are encased ...

The star that is at the center of our solar system has become in recent years a focal point in our space exploration efforts, with several missions dedicated to studying it making their way into the ...

Surrounding our solar system is a natural and enigmatic cosmic shield called the heliosphere — and a new mission aims to help astronomers better understand it. Created by the solar wind, a constant ...