Together they form the heliosphere within the surrounding local interstellar medium – the plasma, neutral particles and dust that fill the space between stars and their respective astrospheres.

Helium can help scientists detect the speed and direction at which we’re moving through space. Deuterium, which is left over ...

Scheduled to launch on Feb. 27, NASA's PUNCH mission could revolutionize space weather forecasts, unify the solar corona and ...

Most people hear “spacecraft” and envision rockets blasting into space, but they’re often not aware of the meticulous ...

We can probe the ionized interstellar medium through imaging and timing observations of compact radio sources. As the radio waves pass through the interstellar medium, they are distorted and delayed ...

An upcoming NASA mission will feature a major piece of technology designed by a team of researchers from the University of New Hampshire.

3, 2024, all 10 of NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration ... IMAP will map the boundaries of the heliosphere—the protective bubble surrounding the sun and planets that is inflated by ...