Every picture you have ever seen that tries to convey the scale of our solar system is a fraud. This is the true scale, and it is huge. On illustrations in classrooms scale is way off, planet sizes ...

We are all a little space-obsessed since the plucky Philae space probe made history yesterday by landing on a comet, so check out this amazing artists's creation of the solar system to scale. It's ...

Did you know our entire Solar System is cocooned inside a giant protective bubble, known as the heliosphere? Created by the perpetual outflow of charged particles from the Sun, called the solar wind, ...

Have you ever wondered just how big space really is? It’s huge. In fact, it’s astronomical! The Colorado Scale Model Solar System depicts the Sun, the planets, and the distances between them all on ...

Hot spots and tunnels to neighboring "superbubbles" seem to have been created by supernovas and infant star outbursts. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Riding alongside IMAP, NOAA's SWFO-L1 will serve as a dedicated solar alert system, monitoring space weather and energetic ...

New out of this world discoveries about the wonders of space never cease amaze and excite one’s imagination. As we attempt to become a multi-planet species recent research has mapped a “interstellar ...