An international team of astronomers has shown for the first time that it is possible to map exoplanets using a technique called 3D eclipse mapping or spectroscopic eclipse mapping. By measuring the ...

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiter planets is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three dimension, a team of astronomers says. Using data from NASA's James Webb ...

SpaceX just sent three space weather probes to the final frontier. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida today (Sept. 24) at 7:30 a.m. EDT (1130 GMT), carrying ...

The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe, or IMAP, will be used by scientists to study the bubblelike structure in which our solar system exists. Known as the heliosphere, it is formed by the ...

A NASA mission, IMAP, and two more spacecraft that will study space weather are traveling through space atop a single SpaceX rocket. By Kenneth Chang A SpaceX rocket launched on Wednesday morning ...

Exoplanets are planets outside Earth's solar system that most often orbit a star. Astronomers have managed to bring an exoplanet into unprecedented focus by using a technique the researchers call 3D ...

SpaceX is preparing to launch three spacecraft on a first-of-its-kind mission to study the sun's influence throughout the solar system, from Earth's atmosphere to the edge of interstellar space. A ...