Welcome to SolarBalls, where entertaining animations teach you about the solar system and the universe. This channel combines ...

The sunspot region 4366 fired off dozens of powerful solar flares in 24 hours, including the single strongest flare since 2024. Auroras are possible later this week.

From dazzling Jupiter high in the evening sky to elusive Mercury low at sunset, February 2026 offers one of the year's best ...

The solar system’s most giant planet is slightly less of a giant than scientists once thought. Jupiter, a planet so huge it could hold 1,000 Earths, is 8 kilometers less wide at its equator and 24 ...

The tallest cliff in the solar system is so extreme that even imagining standing on its edge is enough to make your stomach ...

Stargazers can see six planets all in one evening during the second month of the year, especially Mercury, which is usually ...

A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four ...

These icy bodies orbit the sun just like the major planets, yet they follow their own rules, often traveling along elongated ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to astronomer Sarah Greenstreet about her team's new discovery of the fastest-spinning large asteroid known to man.

For many years, astronomers have been looking for extraterrestrial life. In doing so, astronomers have narrowed their search ...

I n 2016, NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) probe, which famously touched down on asteroid Bennu in 2020, before ...

The Helix Nebula is one of the most well-known and commonly photographed planetary nebulae because it resembles the “ Eye of Sauron .” It is also one of the closest bright nebulae to Earth, located ...