Solar System

The eROSITA spacecraft has built the most precise map of soft X-rays over Earth, observing a fascinating phenomenon driven by solar winds from the sun.

Samples of Ryugu returned to Earth by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft show that the asteroid bears the scars of a recent bombardment by tiny space rocks.

Springtime has arrived at the Red Planet's Chasma Boreale, as this photo by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows.

The twin eruptions briefly disrupted radio signals across the dayside of Earth.

Acting as stellar archaeologists, scientists have found fossilized magnetism on long-dead white dwarf stars, which may help to explain how stars evolve.

New images from the Mars Express spacecraft show ancient volcanic ash spreading across the Red Planet.

"Each interstellar comet brings a little bit of its history, its fossils, from elsewhere."

The complex MMX mission aims to shed light on the origins of Mars' two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos, bringing Phobos material back to Earth in 2031.

This Earth Day, we reflect on our home planet and look at Earth from space through history.